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Paint It White: No Sovereign Immunity in Economic Espionage Case

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of foreign sovereign immunity to a Chinese company accused of stealing trade secrets related to the production of proprietary metallurgy...more

Morgan Lewis

Are US Intellectual Property–Based Sanctions Imminent?

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Though unutilized for the first 18 months of its life, a recent presidential delegation suggests that the administration may be ready to wield the sanctions authority found in the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act...more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Belief That Information Is a Trade Secret, Even If It Isn’t, Is Enough to Be Convicted for Attempted Theft of Trade Secrets

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A federal judge in Chicago recently held that an individual can be convicted of attempting to steal a trade secret, even if the information at issue did not actually constitute a trade secret, so long as the individual...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Trade Secrets and Theft by Steganography: When a Picture Contains a Thousand Words

In November 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice rolled out the China Initiative. This new policy includes plans to “identify priority Chinese trade theft cases, ensure we have enough resources dedicated to them, and … bring...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Press Delete, Go Directly to Jail? The Scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act’s Damage Provision

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Can deleting information, even personal information, from your work computer land you in prison? That was the central question posed in USA v. Zeng, Case No. 4:16-cr-00172 in the Northern District of California. Mr. Zeng...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

CFAA Double Feature: Ninth Circuit Issues Two Important Decisions on the Scope of Liability Related to Data Scraping and...

This past week, the Ninth Circuit released two important decisions that clarify the scope of liability under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. § 1030. The Act was originally designed to target...more

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The Top Ten Things Every Commercial Litigator Must Know About the Fifth Amendment

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Invoking the Fifth Amendment privilege is not just for scenes from Law & Order or Better Call Saul. These days commercial cases, especially those involving individual defendants, are commonly filled with claims that have...more

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