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Extraterritoriality Rules Motion to Dismiss Jurisdiction

Epstein Becker & Green

Extraterritorial Application of the DTSA: Recent Decision Continues to Develop “Act in Furtherance” Element

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Last summer, in a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd held that the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “DTSA”) rebuts the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Courts Continue to Find the Federal Trade Secrets Act Reaches Extraterritorial Conduct

Summary - Courts across the country have found that the DTSA can reach a foreign defendant’s conduct when — in the words of 18 U.S.C. § 1837(2) — “an act in furtherance” of the misappropriation was committed in the United...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Second Circuit Rules That a Foreign Defendant Who Lives Abroad and Is Charged With Having Committed Crimes From Her Home Country...

In a significant decision, a panel of the Second Circuit recently held that a French citizen who was charged with violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in connection with the LIBOR scandal, but who lives in France and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human...

Alien Tort Case Development: Plaintiffs in Exxon Mobil Case Survive “Touch and Concern” Review

Earlier this month, the District Court for the District of Columbia denied Exxon Mobil’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims in Doe I v. Exxon Mobil, a case brought pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”). Plaintiffs...more

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