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As competition for talent and innovation intensifies in the tech sector, employers face heightened risks of trade secret theft and data misappropriation. Recent disputes between established tech companies and spin-off...more
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out. ...more
As 2025 draws to a close, the trade secret landscape has shifted in ways that matter profoundly for companies developing and deploying artificial intelligence. Throughout this Defending the Algorithm™ series, we have argued...more
2025 continued to be—and some could argue accelerated—a multi-year trend of heightened restrictive covenant activity in the courts and state legislatures. ...more
Artificial intelligence has dramatically broadened the capabilities of anyone looking to reverse-engineer public-facing products. What once took specialized skill, deep pockets, and many hours now requires little more than a...more
A magistrate judge of the US District Court for the District of Delaware issued a report and recommendation recommending the denial of the defendants’ Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss SambaSafety’s Defend Trade Secrets Act...more
In a significant ruling, QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC. V. RUIFENG BIZTECH, INC., No. 23-16093 (9th Cir. 2025), the Ninth Circuit distinguished the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) from California’s Uniform Trade Secrets...more
The Sedona Conference published the first comprehensive draft Model Jury Instructions for the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) and invites public comment through January 17, 2026....more
When a company’s confidential information walks out the door, whether with a departing employee, a vendor, or a competitor, the harm can unfold quickly. Trade secrets derive their value from remaining secret, and once that...more
Many businesses underestimate how much of their internal information may qualify as a trade secret. While companies often associate trade secrets with formulas, code, or highly technical data, the scope of protection is much...more
When sensitive business information is taken or misused, companies often face a difficult combination of urgency and uncertainty. Trade secrets, whether technical processes, customer information, or proprietary strategies,...more
The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) where the district court concluded that a company did not plausibly allege that it...more
So the 401(k) world just dropped an episode of “Corporate Spy vs. Corporate Spy” (with a splash of fiduciary funk). Human Interest is accusing Guideline, plus two former HI employees, of scooping up insider trade secrets —...more
In OSR Enters. AG v. REE Auto., Ltd., the Fifth Circuit recently ruled that, under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, a trade secret dispute originally filed in federal district court in Texas will have to be decided by an...more
The Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech, Inc. underscores an important distinction in trade secret law between California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”) [Cal. Civ. Code, §§...more
Every December, my kids start whispering to each other and scribbling notes they think I can’t see. They’ve got a big secret: their wish list for Santa. They treat it like classified intel. Folded notes under pillows and...more
Montway LLC is an Illinois-based leading automotive-transport broker that assists customers with transporting their vehicles across the country to alleviate them of the burden of driving those vehicles themselves....more
The Ninth Circuit recently reversed a district court’s decision to strike a plaintiff’s trade secret claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) at the discovery stage. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit made clear that...more
The plaintiff, BDO USA, P.C. is an accounting and professional services advisory firm. The defendants are Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, Ankura’s CEO Kevin Lavin, and Phuoc Vin Phan....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that violations of employers’ computer access policies do not constitute violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and that account passwords...more
An employer’s passwords may protect valuable information, but the passwords themselves lack independent economic value and thus fail to qualify as “trade secrets” under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Understanding trade...more
Trade secrets are a critical tool for protecting medical technology innovations. To that end, a robust trade secret management program is essential for safeguarding these valuable assets. To be effective in today’s legal...more
In Quintara Biosciences Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc., the Ninth Circuit held that, unlike certain state trade secret statutes, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) “does not require a plaintiff to identify with...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that it had jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal from a district court’s denial of a California anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)...more
The plaintiff National Recovery Agency Group, LLC (NRA) is a debt-collection firm that maintains large volumes of personally identifiable information (PII) of individual debtors....more