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Sanctions Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

9th Circuit Ruling Offers Guidance on Timing of Trade Secrets Disclosures in DTSA Cases

On August 12, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling striking certain trade secrets asserted by a plaintiff on the grounds that the plaintiff had not spelled out its trade...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

No specifics, no case? DTSA trade secret disclosure timing differs from CUTSA

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a district court abused its discretion by striking several of the plaintiff’s trade secrets, concluding that the court improperly relied on Rule 12(f) and failed to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A High Mountain to Climb: Filing DTSA Claims Without any Evidence is Not Enough to Meet “Bad Faith” Standard for Awarding...

Litigators know it is generally not easy to recover attorneys’ fees in defense of a trade secret misappropriation action. The Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) permits a court to “award reasonable attorneys’  fees” to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

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SEC Brings First Stand-Alone Whistleblower Retaliation Enforcement Action - On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought its first stand-alone whistleblower retaliation case under...more

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