United States: Trade Secrets

Federal enforcement agencies in the Northern District of California are ramping up activity, with the SEC, DOJ and U.S. Attorney’s Office all prioritizing cases involving fraud, misrepresentation, antitrust violations...

The FBI warns that foreign intelligence operations have evolved beyond traditional espionage tactics, now leveraging AI-generated personas and virtual recruitment schemes to target US companies and steal intellectual property. As adversaries increasingly use sophisticated technology to infiltrate sensitive industries—from advanced tech sectors to agriculture—businesses face mounting pressure to strengthen trade secret protections and employee awareness programs.

The Defend Trade Secrets Act celebrates its tenth anniversary, marking a decade of federal trade secret protection that has fundamentally transformed how companies safeguard their confidential information. From near-unanimous bipartisan support to substantial jury verdicts exceeding $700 million, the DTSA has generated thousands of cases and established critical legal precedents.

A federal district court in Georgia ruled that a professional liability insurer had no obligation to defend or indemnify an attorney accused of misappropriating trade secrets and participating in a conspiracy.

The rescheduling of medical marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III has created new intellectual property opportunities for state-licensed operators, particularly in federal trademark registration.

Over the past decade, trade secret litigation filings have grown substantially. Several key drivers have fueled this increase. First, the enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA")...

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...

Client relationships are often the most valuable asset a business owns. In industries like financial services, those relationships are built over time through trust, data, and personalized service.

When most people picture trade secret theft, they imagine a spy movie — a disgruntled employee sneaking out of the office with a box of classified files or a USB drive tucked into a coat pocket.