The owner of a trade secret must take reasonable measures to keep the information secret in order to claim protection under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) or state trade secrets acts ...

The Defend Trade Secrets Act extends the current Economic Espionage Act of 1996, which criminalizes certain trade secret misappropriations, to allow civil lawsuits.

On April 27, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) by a vote of 410 to 2. ... non-disclosure agreement, or confidentiality agreement.

First and foremost of these protections is the Defend Trade Secrets Act, ... An easy initial step to meet this requirement is to have employees and contractors sign a non-disclosure agreement as ...

Legal strategies employing trade secret law (via the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act or state implementations of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act) to protect proprietary information are presumably ...

Today, every state has enacted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) — except New York — and the federal statute for the protection of trade secrets is the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA).

When the Defend Trade Secrets Act was being drafted, its authors were attuned to how it might be abused and attempted a remedy: a whistleblower immunity provision.

June 05, 2024 - On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its proposed final rule (the "Rule") banning the use of future noncompete agreements for all workers, including senior ...

A unique feature of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)—the federal statute opening federal courthouse doors to civil claims for trade secret misappropriation—is that it gives immunity from ...

WASHINGTON — President Obama signed a bill Wednesday allowing companies to sue to defend their trade secrets. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, adds a ...

Companies need to make sure their employee contracts include language that allows them to take full advantage of the new federal law. With the Defend Trade Secrets Act now adopted, the co-team ...

371 Views Program ID: 409435-1 Category: White House Event Format: Speech Location: Oval Office, White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States ...