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Recent Changes to China's Trade Secret Protection Laws Ease the Challenge of Bringing Such Cases

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The Situation: China's legislature has recently eased the challenge of prosecuting trade secret misappropriation cases in that country. The Result: As recently amended, Chinese law now follows some case law developments...more

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In Pursuit of Chinese Trade Secret Theft: Fresh Allegations Against Huawei and Chinese Military Grabs 145 Million SSNs

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Loyal readers are familiar with the DOJ’s “China Initiative,” launched in November 2018 to prosecute the theft of U.S. trade secrets by or for Chinese interests. Attorney General Barr reaffirmed the DOJ’s commitment “to...more

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Huawei Alleges “Selective Prosecution” by the DOJ

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In January of this year, the DOJ indicted the Chinese telecom giant Huawei on counts of theft of trade secrets conspiracy, attempted theft of trade secrets, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice. On August 1, Huawei moved to...more

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“Head Start” Damages Affirmed Against Employee Who Started Competitor in China

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An often sought remedy in trade secret cases is unjust enrichment, which DTSA and several uniform state trade secret acts permit plaintiffs to seek for the unlawful benefit received by defendants "that is not addressed in...more

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Industrial Espionage and the Defend Trade Secrets Act

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American corporations are facing an ever increasing threat of misappropriation of their valuable trade secrets through industrial espionage, defined as the theft of a company’s trade secrets by an actor intending to convert...more

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The “I Was Just Trying To Land A New Job” Defense To Criminal Trade Secret Theft Charges

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On February 28, 2008, Hanjuan Jin, a Chinese-born former software engineer for Motorola, arrived at Chicago O’Hare Airport en route to Beijing. During a random customs check, officials discovered that she had a one-way...more

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