L&E at Cadence
(Then and Now)
(Then and Now)
If an employee resigns to go to Synopsys, for example, human resources informs Legal and InfoSec to begin this process
What is the Competitive Exit process?
Prohibited by Cadence policy, unwelcome conduct based on one’s gender, race, ethnic background, age, or other protected category
What is harassment or discrimination?
What is the plaintiff?
Country with the most Cadence employees
What is the US?
Patent infringement lawsuit against another company and Cadence that involved a forged notebook, staged car break-in, death threat on a judge, and jail time
What is Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Quickturn Design Sys.?
Term, for example in an employment contract, that prevents an employee from working for a competitor for a period of time after exit
What is a non-compete?
Formal request to provide documents to another company involved in a lawsuit
What is a subpoena?
Number of employees in Legal worldwide
What is 31?
Program for new hires that protects Cadence intellectual property by having the new hire certify they are not bringing confidential information belonging to others to Cadence
Number of countries in which Cadence operates with “at will employment” – where the employee or employer can terminate employment without notice
What is 1?
Where a witness gives sworn testimonial evidence before trial – often to a court reporter in a conference room
What is a deposition?
Number of employees worldwide (to the nearest thousand)
What is 8,000?
The most recent lawsuit filed by Cadence was filed as a part of this program, developed in conjunction with team members outside Legal to protect the unauthorized use of Cadence technology
What is the license compliance program?
3 countries in EMEA with recent legislation requiring gender pay gap reporting
What are [3 of] UK, France, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland?
Taken by a court reporter, the document reflecting the written record of testimony given at trial
What is a transcript?
Number of employees outside the US (to the nearest thousand)
What is 5,000?
Patent infringement lawsuit against another company and Cadence that involved a forged notebook, staged car break-in, death threat on a judge, and jail time
What is Mentor Graphics v. Quickturn?
Cadence office where there is an industry-wide collective bargaining agreement for employees
What is Belo Horizonte, Brazil?
A third-party neutral that decides a dispute outside of the court process and who presides over a form of alternative dispute resolution (often used in labor disputes)
Who is an Arbitrator?
Country with the smallest number of Cadence employees
What is Denmark?