Dana J Finberg

May 13, 2020 | The Recorder

Judge Edward Davila granted the sanctions against three defendants for deleting e-mails and entire e-mail accounts; wiping computer data, including source code; and using an ephemeral chat service that immediately deleted all sent and received instant messages. 

By Dana J. Finberg and Jake Christensen

10 minute read

February 26, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recent studies estimate that trade secrets may account for up to two-thirds of most companies' information portfolios, and that the annual cost of trade secret misappropriation to U.S. companies ranges between $45 billion and $300 billion. Given the importance of trade secrets to many companies' competitive success, it is no surprise that trade secret litigation is booming. Indeed, federal courts have seen it doubling roughly every decade for the past 30 years, and jury verdicts in the hundreds of millions are becoming almost commonplace.

By Dana J. Finberg

7 minute read

February 18, 2014 | Law.com

Growing reliance on cloud computing has led to greater opportunities for trade secret theft as more businesses store such information in the cloud.

By Dana J. Finberg

8 minute read