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District Court Dismisses Trade Secrets Claim Lacking Explicit Expectation of Privacy

On February 20, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed a trade secret misappropriation claim for failing to identify explicit language establishing an expectation of privacy to the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Dismissal Denied in California DTSA Case Involving Production of Alleged Trade Secret Documents in Discovery

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The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently denied a motion to dismiss a claim brought under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). In Falcon Woods, LLC v. Gooding & Co., Case No. 2:20-cv-02226-SVW,...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Mine Your Own Business: Multinational Mining Company Seeks Protection Of Alleged Trade Secrets During Discovery

Last week, multinational mining giant Rio Tinto asked a federal court in Manhattan to shield its document disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from the public eye....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Betwixt and Between: Finding Specificity in Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases

Trade secret misappropriation cases create a unique problem for courts. The parties become quickly embroiled in litigation over the misappropriation of trade secrets, sometimes with only bare-bone allegations of those trade...more

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Confidential Documents Potentially Safer From Employee Misappropriation Says New Jersey's Supreme Court

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On the heels of an appellate decision providing employees a virtual how-to manual to misuse and exploit confidential employer documents and safely provide them to a competitor, New Jersey's Supreme Court reversed course last...more

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