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Euro Vision on Corruption: All Singing from the Same Song-Sheet? Proposals for a New Anti-Corruption Legal Framework in the EU:...

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On 14 September 2022, the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, announced the Commission’s commitment to “update the EU’s legislative framework on anti-corruption to better prevent and fight corruption...more

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Global Trade Secrets Guide 2020

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Businesses are increasingly turning to trade secrets as a mechanism to protect their innovations and know-how. In some cases, trade secrets offer an attractive alternative to patent protection. Companies also recognize the...more

Troutman Pepper

Seven Steps to Address Trade Secret Misappropriation by Whistleblowers

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“The immunity provision of the Defend Trade Secrets Act creates serious risk for companies: A whistleblower could expose a company to civil and criminal penalties stemming from the company’s alleged misconduct and...more

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Trade Secret Law in Russia

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One of the key pieces of legislation related to trade secrets in Russia is the Federal Law of July 29, 2004 on Commercial Secrecy. This was passed by the State Duma on July 9, 2004, and endorsed by the Federation Council on...more

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Supreme Court Decides Kokesh v. SEC

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) issued its decision in Kokesh v. SEC, No. 16-529, unanimously holding that disgorgement claims brought as part of enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC prevailed on two summary judgment motions. One centered on a manipulation action. The other was against an attorney who facilitated a prime bank fraud. The Commission also filed: An action against UBS tied to its...more

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Congress Raises the Stakes for Theft of Trade Secrets with Passage of Two New Laws

The old adage that crime does not pay rings particularly true in the aftermath of two pieces of recent legislation aimed at raising the penalties for trade secret theft: the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act and the...more

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