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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: June 2025

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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

Proskauer - Trade Secrets

$30 Million Message: Jury Awards Substantial Punitive Damages for Trade Secret Theft

A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more

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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: May 2025

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Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. This month’s cases address when a prevailing party on a trade secret misappropriation claim can receive attorney’s fees, the...more

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Update: Insulet Corp.’s Trade Secrets Jury Award Reduced From $452 Million to $59.4 Million to Avoid Double Recovery

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Following a recent trend to reduce large damages awards in trade secret misappropriation cases, a federal judge in Massachusetts cut Insulet Corp.’s damages award from $452 million to $59.4 million to avoid impermissible...more

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Trade Secret Defense 101: What to Know When Facing a Misappropriation Claim

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If your company has been sued for trade secret misappropriation, you are not without options. Trade secret litigation can move quickly and carry high stakes, including reputational harm, operational disruption, and...more

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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: April 2025

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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

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Maximizing Recovery in Trade Secret Cases: A Guide to Damages and Remedies

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Ed. Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles taken from Gavin Parsons' CLE presentation for the North Carolina Bar Association's Antitrust and Complex Business Dispute CLE Program presented on Thursday, January 30,...more

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Joint Development Agreements and Trade Secrets - Sweat the Small Stuff

Joint development, or “teaming agreements” regularly anticipate one party disclosing trade secret subject matter to its counterparty to facilitate the joint development effort. While most JDAs involve companies with distinct...more

Jenner & Block

$17 Million Attorney Fee Award Aims to Deter Malicious Trade Secret Misappropriation

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Singapore-based XP Power has been ordered to pay $17 million in attorneys’ fees to opponent Comet Technologies, USA, following Comet’s victory at trial. The Northern District of California issued the order in January 2025,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Ill-Gotten Gains: Unjust Enrichment Remedy Not Barred by Limitation of Liability Provision

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Examining the issue of trade secret misappropriation when parties have contractually limited their liability from breach, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of the case,...more

Proskauer - Trade Secrets

Eleventh Circuit Revives Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim in Long-Running Litigation

On April 4, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama’s ruling dismissing Alabama Aircraft Industries’ (“AAI”) trade secret misappropriation claim against Boeing, thereby...more

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When Is a Trade Secret Accessible? As Soon as It Can Be Reverse Engineered

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Although the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a damages award for trade secret misappropriation and breach of a confidentiality agreement, it found that the district court erred in its determination of when...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 31 - April 4, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Alabama Aircraft v. Boeing - trade secrets, misappropriation, contractual limits - USA v. O’Steen - public official, extortion, currency disclosure - Grippa v. Rubin -...more

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Insulet Corp. May Have to Choose Between $452 Million Jury Award or Permanently Blocking Competitor From Utilizing Its Trade...

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After receiving a jury verdict awarding $452 million in damages against a rival company for misappropriation of trade secrets, the prevailing party, Insulet Corp., may have to choose between portions of the damages award or...more

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Former Last Chance U Athletes Sue School, Netflix Over Alleged NIL Violations

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Six former East Mississippi Community College football players who appeared in the documentary series Last Chance U have sued the school, Netflix, the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the...more

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What’s Shaking? Not an Interlocutory Appellate Decision on Damages

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed and remanded a district court certified interlocutory appeal concerning the standard for calculating a reasonable royalty under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). The...more

Jenner & Block

Substantial Trade Secret Verdicts Continue with $452 Million Decision Against South Korean Company

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US civil juries have returned a number of substantial trade secret verdicts against defendants over the past decade. In December 2024, a company from South Korea became the most recent defendant on the receiving end of a...more

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Trade Secrets: What You Should Know From 2024 to Prepare for 2025

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Summary - Trade secrets remain crucial to companies around the world, preserving their most sensitive and valuable information. From energy to healthcare to agriculture, companies in every industry seek to better develop,...more

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Jury Awards $452 Million After Trade Secrets Trial

On December 3, 2024, a U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts jury awarded Plaintiff Insulet Corporation $452 million in compensatory and punitive damages after finding Defendants willfully misappropriated...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hytera Petitions Supreme Court to End DTSA’s Extraterritorial Reach

Summary In July 2024, the Seventh Circuit concluded that the DTSA can reach all of a defendant’s worldwide sales caused by the misappropriation, so long as — in the words of 18 U.S.C. § 1837(2) — “an act in furtherance” of...more

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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: November - December 2024

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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

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ESG Litigation is Increasing – 3 Tips to Navigate Disputes

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The greentech industry is recognized as one of the key subsectors of the ESG investment world. Energy transition to renewables is the new industrial revolution. It is a global win-win-win for bolstered economic strength,...more

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Massachusetts Jury Sets New Record Under Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act With $452 Million Damages Award

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In December, a Massachusetts corporation won the largest jury verdict ever awarded under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). The award of $452 million is part of a recent trend of massive awards to trade secret...more

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This Week in eDiscovery: Sedona Conference Commentary on Cross-Border Discovery | $845K Spoliation Award

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of December 8-14. Here’s what’s...more

Proskauer - Trade Secrets

Virginia Court of Appeals Vitiates Multi-Billion Dollar Trade Secrets Verdict

Finding errors in the lower court’s jury instructions and evidentiary rulings, the Virginia’s Court of Appeals struck down a $2 billion trade secrets award, the largest trade secrets verdict in the state’s history. Despite...more

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