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National Law Journal

The Defend Trade Secrets Act is More of the Same

Among the few changes created by the new law are seizure procedures and employee job mobility.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal DTSA: New Weapon in the Battle to Protect Trade Secrets

On May 11, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law. The ­legislation, an amendment to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, grew out of the Obama administration's determination to protect U.S. corporations from increasing incidents of economic and industrial espionage by foreign competitors and governments, particularly through cyberinvasion into electronic storehouses of business information. The DTSA promises to be a benefit to all employers faced with the theft of trade secrets by departing employees.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Federalizing Trade Secret Protection: A Close Look at the Ex Parte Seizure Provision

How far does the Defend Trade Secrets Act's ex parte seizure provision really go? And what impact will it have on American businesses?
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Suits

Epic Systems v. Tata Consultancy Services; O'Connor v. Uber; SunEdison Chapter 11; In re VW 'Clean Diesel' Product Liability Litigation; Prosterman v. Airline Tariff Publishing.
46 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vexing Issues in Trade Secret Cases

Daniel I.A. Smulian, Dale Goldstein and Alena Benowich of Greenberg Traurig describe the importance of identifying an alleged trade secret with sufficient specificity and some of the difficulties that attend to that endeavor; and discuss some difficulties in identifying and applying the appropriate measure of damages, a particularly thorny issue in New York.
32 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Defend Trade Secrets Act: Planning Ahead and Strategic Choices

For the first time, trade secret owners will have a well-defined and reliable venue for bringing lawsuits.
13 minute read

Legaltech News

Citing Cyberespionage, U.S. Steel Seeks China Import Ban through IP Trade Law

Breached by Chinese officials in 2010 and 2011, U.S. Steel is pushing back against appropriation of its stolen trade secrets.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Seminoles Try to Stop Publication of Gambling-Trial Document

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, owner of Florida's largest casinos, is trying to get a federal judge to block the publication of information related to a trial that could upend their businesses and seal a key deposition until it can be redacted.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Obama Signs Trade Secrets Act Into Law

President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 into law on Wednesday, giving companies the ability for the first time to use federal law to sue those who misappropriate their confidential information.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

White House Takes Aim at Noncompetes in New Report

Noncompete agreements are supposed to protect companies from losing their edge in the marketplace when they lose an employee. But, in a new report, the Obama administration argues that companies are overusing these agreements to the detriment of workers.
9 minute read

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