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

Proskauer - Trade Secrets on 7/11/2025

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

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

WilmerHale on 1/14/2025

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

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Fall 2016

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/17/2016

Mean Girls v. The Right of Publicity: Lessons Learned From the Lohan and Gravano Lawsuits - On September 1, 2016, a New York appellate court ended two closely watched right of publicity lawsuits brought by Lindsay...more

Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

Ladas & Parry LLP on 9/22/2016

Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

Medical Software Company Wins $940 Million in Trade Secret Case

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 4/20/2016

A jury recently awarded Epic Systems Corporation (“Epic”), a medical software company, $940 million in damages in a case against Tata Consultancy Services Limited (“Tata”) involving theft of Epic’s trade secrets and...more

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