Gregory S. Bombard

is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on trade secret litigation, business torts, and other complex commercial disputes. As part of that practice, Greg represents pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and technology companies in state and federal courts and arbitration proceedings throughout the United States. Greg has represented plaintiffs and defendants in trade secret cases and related bad-faith litigation counterclaims. Greg is a frequent author and speaker on issues that frequently arise in trade secret litigation, including litigation finance, damage theories, and protective orders.

Greg also has significant experience defending consumer and business claims under the Unfair Trade Practice Acts of Massachusetts (Chapter 93A) and other states. Greg’s clients in unfair trade practice litigation have included banks, mortgage servicers, credit card processors, and other consumer finance companies.

At the Boston Bar Association, Greg is a Co-Chair of the IP Litigation Committee, a member of the Intellectual Property Section Steering Committee, and a member of the Senior Associates’ Forum. Greg is also a board member of the UConn Alumni Association's Advisory Board for Greater Boston and the Greater Boston Food Bank’s young professionals group, the Kitchen Cabinet.

Mr. Bombard is a 2010 cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2020-present
- Associate, 2015-2019
•Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
- Associate, 2013-2015
•Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas LLP
- Associate, 2011-2013
•Connecticut Superior Court
- Judicial Law Clerk, 2010-2011

Professional and Civic Activities

•Boston Bar Association
- Co-chair, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee (2017-present)
- Co-chair, Senior Associates’ Forum Business Development Committee (2018-present)
- Co-chair, Boston Bar Foundation 2018 Summer Soiree Planning Committee
- Co-chair, New Lawyers’ Section Social Events Committee (2016-2017)
- Co-chair, IP Basics Committee (2016-2017)
- Junior fellow, Boston Bar Foundation (2018-present)

•UConn Boston Alumni Association Advisory Committee member (2015-present)

•Greater Boston Food Bank Kitchen Cabinet member (2015-present)

Honors and Awards

•Honoree, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Excellence in the Law, 2019

•Massachusetts/New England Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2015-2018

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Quoted, Boston Fed Message on Pandemic Prevention Is Getting Through, The Boston Globe, March 13, 2020
•Quoted, Employees Working from Home to Avoid Coronavirus? Protect Your Data, Compliance Week, March 12, 2020
•Author, Three Things Employers Should Do Now in Face of the Pandemic, Boston Business Journal, March 11, 2020
•Quoted in Can 'force majeure' save your company from the coronavirus? Compliance Management, March 5, 2020
•Co-author, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Force Majeure Contract Clauses, Duane Morris Alert, March 4, 2020

• Fifth Circuit Decision Adds to Growing Body of Case Law on the Scope of Uniform Trade Secrets Act Preemption, Duane Morris Non-compete and Trade Secrets Law Blog, December 13, 2018

•Quoted in Carbonite Sues Former Exec For Allegedly Breaking Noncompete Deal, Boston Business Journal, November 8, 2018

•Quoted in Rail-car Maker Drops Plan to Require Noncompetes, One Month Before New Law Takes Effect, Boston Globe, September 11, 2018

•Quoted in Mass. High Court Curtails Noncompetes for Out-of-State Employees, Boston Business Journal, September 10, 2018

•Quoted in Massachusetts Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Law, Bloomberg BNA, August 16, 2018

• Distinguishing Employees' 'General Skill or Knowledge' From Protectable Trade Secrets Under Massachusetts Law, Boston Bar Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3, Aug. 15, 2018

•Quoted in Noncompete Reform Comes Alongside New Measure That Could Curb Job-switching, Boston Business Journal, August 2, 2018

• Massachusetts Is Set to Adopt the Uniform Trade Secrets Act...What Now?, Duane Morris Noncompetes and Trade Secret Law Blog, August 2, 2018

•Co-author, Massachusetts Legislature Adopts New Requirements for Noncompete Agreements, Duane Morris Alert, August 2, 2018

•“Massachusetts Court Rules California Law Supersedes Massachusetts Choice-of-Law Provision and Non-Compete Clause in Employment Contract, ” Duane Morris Noncompetes and Trade Secret Law Blog, July 7, 2017

•“White House Recommends Non-Compete Reforms, ” Duane Morris Noncompetes and Trade Secret Law Blog, November 3, 2016

•Quoted in Time Expires on Right to Enforce Loan Guaranty, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, September 1, 2016

•“The Long Smoldering Debate About Noncompetition Reform in Massachusetts Is Re-Ignited by House Speaker,” Duane Morris Noncompetes and Trade Secret Law Blog, March 4, 2016

• State Mortgage-Servicing case Law Takes a Consumer Protection Turn, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, February 22, 2016
•Co-author, Employee's Unauthorized, Wholesale Copying of Company Data Ruled Insufficient to Terminate Employee for Cause, Duane Morris Alert, February 8, 2016
•Author, Three Key Distinctions Between the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the Common Law, Commercial & Business Litigation Vol. 17, No.2, Winter 2016
•Co-author, Consider Making a New Year's Resolution to Protect Your Company's Confidential Information, Duane Morris Alert, December 22, 2015

•“New Sixth Circuit Decision on Uniform Trade Secrets Act Underscores Importance of Proving Lost Profits In Trade Secrets Cases,” Duane Morris Noncompetes and Trade Secret Law Blog, December 7, 2015

•“New Sixth Circuit Case Imposes Liability For Theft Of Confidential Information That Does Not Qualify For Trade Secrets Protection,” Duane Morris Noncompetes and Trade Secret Law Blog, December 7, 2015

• Massachusetts Mortgage Law Continued to Evolve in '14, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 22, 2015

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Drafting and Enforcing Non-Competition Agreements: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid, Boston Bar Association, Boston, February 26, 2020

•Panelist, The IP Decisions From the Supreme Court This Term: What You Need to Know, Boston Bar Association, May 22, 2019

•Panelist, Practical and Legal Steps For Companies To Guard Against Insider Trade Secret Misappropriation, Suffolk Law Review Symposium on the Internet of Things, October 4, 2018

•Panelist, Trade Secret Protection and Litigation in Massachusetts after the Adoption of the UTSA, Boston Bar Association, September 27, 2018

•Moderator, “What to Expect From Intellectual Property Cases Before SCOTUS This Term,” Boston Bar Association, June 19, 2018

•Moderator, Patent Venue After TC Heartland: What We've Learned So Far, Boston Bar Association, September 27, 2017
•Moderator, Litigation Financing: The Pros and Cons, and How To Avoid Ethical Pitfalls, Boston Bar Association, December 5, 2016
•Speaker, Negotiating and Enforcing Protective Orders in Trade Secret Cases, Boston Bar Association, June 9, 2016
•Speaker, 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Boston Bar Association, Boston, December 7, 2015