In recent years, due to technological progress, the number of cases concerning misuse and theft of valuable information by departing employees has increased. Therefore, this book explains and compares the New Zealand and German law (and their development) concerning protection of trade secrets and confidential information from disclosure by leaving employees. Necessarily, the New Zealand part, as a field of law governed by case law, also includes comparison with other common law systems. The work distinguishes trade secret protection from intellectual property law. Furthermore,...