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The Obama Administration's focus on criminal trade secret prosecutions under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) highlights the legal complexities at the murky intersection between criminal and civil jurisprudence in trade secrets cases.

Punitive damages under the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act ("VUTSA") may have relatively little impact per a recent decision by the Eastern District of Virginia.

Parties advocating public disclosure of the chemical makeup of fracking fluids may have won a recent battle in Wyoming, but are they losing the war?

In the "standard" trade secret misappropriation case, Company A's trade secret is misappropriated by Company B and used internally by Company B alone to gain an unfair advantage.

Software's ability to seemingly transcend patents, copyright, and trade secrets makes it challenging to decide which will provide the best way to enforce those rights.

A federal magistrate judge has released on bond the accused trade-secrets larcenist and former W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. employee Kwang Seoung Jeon.

The Rhode Island legislature recently moved two bills forward that would limit employers' use of restrictive covenants with employees.

Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a voice vote in favor of the passage of the now amended Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ("DTSA").

Pittsburgh Associate Shane Miller recently authored an Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA) Lawyers Journal article on the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)...

Here is a riddle for you: when can an interest in reducing cost and burden justify broader discovery?

The Supreme Court of Nevada ruled that the Nevada trade secret law does not preclude a defendant from demonstrating that information is readily ascertainable ...

We will continue to monitor the Faraday case so please check back for updates.

In Keith Manufacturing Co. v. Butterfield, No. 2019-1136 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 7, 2020), the Federal Circuit held that stipulating to a case's dismissal does not necessarily foreclose a party from seeking attorneys' fees.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit considered the oft-litigated issue of what constitutes reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy of a claimed trade secret in Yellowfin Yachts v. Barker Boatworks, a case involving claims against a former executive turned competitor.

The Tenth Circuit's recent decision in Double Eagle Alloys, Inc. v. Hooper, __F.4th __ (10th Cir. Apr. 22, 2025), provides a cautionary tale regarding the necessity of identifying trade secrets with particularity...

The Tenth Circuit recently held that an employee who failed to take adequate steps to protect confidential business information could not maintain claims against his former employer...

In a case solely comprised of state-law claims to enforce employment covenants, a United States District Judge in the North District of Texas ruled last week...