Lawrence F. Carnevale
Chair, Litigation Department; Member, Executive Committee
Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
carnevale@clm.com
phone: 212-238-8617
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card
Practice Areas
Restrictive Covenants, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Employment Law
Practice Description
Litigation practice including general commercial, employment, trade secrets, and intellectual property litigation.
Education
- B.A., 1977 Dickinson College (cum laude)
- J.D., 1981 Temple University Beasley School of Law (cum laude)
Admissions
- 1982 New York
- 1982 Pennsylvania
- 1983 New Jersey
Affiliations
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- FINRA Arbitrator
Publications Available on this website...
"Contractual Restraints on Employee Conduct," June 24, 2010; "Recognition and Protection of Commercial Trade Secrets," April 27, 2006Additional Publications
“How Safe Are Your Business Secrets?” GC New York, July 17, 2006; “Non-Compete Agreements: A New Trend Against Enforcement?,” Securities Week, July 2, 2001 (co-authored); “Restrictive Employment Clauses,” New York Law Journal, February 5, 2001 (co-authored); “Employment Contracts–Issues and Enforcement,” BondWeek, April 17, 2000; “Common Law and Contractual Restraints on Employee Conduct,” (co-authored) -- 1999 Raiding on Wall Street Conference, November 8, 1999; July 1998; “Employers Ask, ‘May I Have Your Attention Please?’” New York Law Journal, February 9, 1998; “Is the Country Ready for the ‘Inevitable Disclosure’ Doctrine,” The Corporate Counsellor, May 1998; “Reality Check: Don’t View Job Contracts Lightly,” Ticker Magazine, July/August 1997; “Stealing Employees Might Be Costly,” New York Law Journal, April 21, 1997; “Anti-Compete Pacts Iffy,” National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel, June 17, 1996
Presentations
Association of Corporate Counsel: Chairman, "Non-Competition and Other Restrictive Covenants Advanced Study: Garden Leave; Non-Service Agreements; Enforcement Against Fired Employees," November 20, 2007
Association of Corporate Counsel: Chairman, “Employee Raiding- Protecting Your Most Valuable Assets,” March 16, 2006; Chairman, “Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information,” April 27, 2006
Institute for International Research: Chairman, “Raiding on Wall Street,” November 14, 2001
Standard & Poor’s and Securities Week: Chairman, “Raiding on Wall Street,” November 8, 1999; Chairman, “Raiding on Wall Street,” November 9, 1998; Chairman, “Raiding on Wall Street,” November 5, 1997
Illustrative Matters
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Natsource LLC
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Commercial. (2009) Defense of breach of fiduciary duty and contract claims over carbon emission credits arising under the Kyoto Protocol.
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GFI Group
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Employment/Trade Secrets. Successfully prosecuted and defended since 2000 numerous non-compete and trade secrets claims, including successful preliminary injunction in GFI v. Victor Giaidina and Tradition (North America) Inc,. (2007).
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Ferrari SpA
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Commercial. Successfully defended Ferrari F1 racing team in a spectator class action arising out of the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis (2007).
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Goldman Sachs & Co.
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Employment/Trade Secrets. Advice and litigation concerning restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements and trade secret matters. (1998-Present).
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U.S. Trust Corporation
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Employment/Unfair Trade Practice. Obtained $3 million jury verdict for plaintiff in U.S. Trust v. Ashton Harvey et al. (2006); Successfully enjoined theft and misuse of trade secrets in U.S. Trust v. Cowperthwait Partners LLC (1999) and conducted jury trial on liability and damages through settlement (2002).
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Central Research Laboratories
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Commercial. Obtained substantial jury verdict for plaintiff in finders’ fee case Central Research Laboratories v. Dimensional Media Associates (2000).
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United Business Media plc
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Employment. Obtained dismissal of Attorney General’s race and sex discrimination claims in People of State of New York v. Garban et al. (1999).
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Diners Club Suisse, S.A.
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Commercial. Successfully prosecuted multimillion dollar franchise contract claim in Diners Club Suisse, S.A. v. Diners Club International, Inc. (1998).
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Garban/ICAP
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Employment/Trade Secrets. Obtained a $4.6 million employment/unfair trade practice jury verdict for plaintiff in Exco/Noonan v. Cantor Fitzgerald (1996).
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Costco Wholesale Corporation
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Intellectual Property/Unfair Trade Practice/Commercial. Successfully defeated preliminary injunction applications in Trademark/Unfair Trade Practice claims in Calvin Klein Jeans Wear Company v. Price/Costco (1996); successfully defended $300 million contract claim (2004).
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