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What is the geographical reach of the powerful trade secrets statute known as the Defend Trade Secrets Act, or DTSA? According to one judge in the Northern District of Illinois, the answer to this question is: the whole world!

Marc McGovern, the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, published an op-ed in today's Boston Globe regarding the noncompete reform movement in Massachusetts.

The scientist had entered a nondisclosure and employment agreement barring the disclosure or use of any of Baxter's confidential information.

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law, which takes effect immediately.

President Barack Obama on May 11, 2016 signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which provides a federal private right of action for the misappropriation of trade secrets.

Most employee confidentiality and similar agreements contain an assignment of invention provision. These typically provide that all employee inventions created during the employee's...

On December 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the bill New York lawmakers delivered to her, which proposed a ban of nearly all types of noncompete agreements in employment.

This year, we are monitoring several interesting and novel issues in the restrictive covenant context.

Smartwatches, smartphones, virtual reality headsets – they are all part of the emerging landscape that we now refer to as "wearable technology."

The Attorneys General of ten states are investigating fast food franchisors for their alleged use of "no poach" provisions in their franchise agreements ...

You may have spent time drafting (or having your lawyers draft) enforceable restrictive covenants to protect your company's confidential and proprietary information, goodwill, and customer relationships...

High-Level Employees: Non-compete agreements with "executive and management personnel" and "officers and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel" will still be enforceable...

Imagine that an employee resigns.

Though politics ruled the headlines in 2016, the year still brought big changes in intellectual property law and its application, most notably in patent subject matter eligibility, inter partes review institution and appeal and design patent damages.

It has been an extraordinary year regarding trade secret and non-compete issues.

A new federal law, the Defense of Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), was signed into law on May 11, 2016 by president Obama becoming Public Law No. 114-153.

The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) became law earlier this month. As my colleague Josh Horn has noted, the DTSA is a real game changer for the protection of your trade secrets.