Very well written, Earl. I, too, am involved in a business that can be greatly affected by proprietary information being released to competitors too early. This actually happened several years ago to my present company and it took years of litigation to punish the other parties for obtaining this information illegally. However, it is almost impossible to pursue any type of retribution if one of your own employees gives this information away, whether they do it innocently or not.
Keep up the good work, Earl. The veteran contributors of the DIS boards appreciate it.