On May 11, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). The DTSA provides companies with a federal cause of action to enforce their trade secret rights. The legislation passed with major bipartisan...more
Congress has taken another step toward enactment of federal civil trade secrets legislation. On September 17, 2014, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R.5233, the Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014, with a single...more
Tomorrow, a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing to address whether current trade secret laws are strong enough to meet current threats of trade secret theft. A new bill introduced in Congress would give...more