Law360, New York ( July 21, 2015, 11:48 AM EDT) -- The phone rings on a Wednesday afternoon. In a panic, your longtime client explains that a hotshot employee has unexpectedly fled to a competitor a few months before the launch of a top-secret new product. The client is worried that the competitive advantage gained from years of research and development work could go up in smoke if the departing employee shares confidential information about the new product with the competitor in advance of its launch. The client has already heard murmurs of other employees being asked to follow their former boss over to the competitor. Time is of the essence and the decisions that you make in advising your client over the first 48 hours after getting this call could very well dictate the ultimate outcome of the dispute....