Nondisclosure Agreements

Resumes & Interviewing

What Employers and Employees Need to Know About These Tricky Parts of Employment Agreements

It's important for employers to understand what these types of restrictive agreements mean for employees and employers alike; and what the recourse is if and when one is breached.

Starting a Business

4 Things to Consider Before Involving Customers in the Startup Process

There are risks to talking to customers early, but there can also be benefits.

Growing a Business

Why You Need to Use NDAs to Protect Your Business

Don't think of them as aggressive -- instead, think of nondisclosure agreements as a fast-track toward trust.

Entrepreneurs

Four Things an Entrepreneur Should Know Before Signing a Non Disclosure Agreement

NDA is a legally binding contract in which the disclosing party agrees to give the receiving party confidential information about its business/ technology/ products.

Growing a Business

5 Situations That Require a Non-Disclosure Agreement

An NDA is your basic protection whenever you need to trust someone with valuable information about your business.

Leadership

Are You Using Non-Disclosure Agreements as Preventive Measures or Backup Plans?

Not getting your employees to sign an NDA early on could cost you. These six guidelines will help prevent that.

Business Ideas

Non-Disclosures Can Protect Your Idea, or Destroy It

Here are six considerations of when to sign an agreement with investors or other interested parties.

Business Ideas

Your Ideas Have No Value

Get over holding onto your ideas and get out there and do something with them.

Growing a Business

Avoid These 6 Mistakes in Safeguarding Proprietary Information

Simple measures, accomplished in a deliberate, consistent fashion, can significantly reduce the risk of disclosure of company assets best kept close.

Legal

How to Keep Your Startup's Secrets Private

Our expert attorney Peter Buckland discusses how startups should go about divulging startup secrets to investors, business partners and others.

Legal

A Smarter Approach to Non-Disclosure Agreements

While non-disclosure agreements can help protect you, be careful about how you use them.