Shannon T. Murphy
Winston & Strawn LLP
Articles
Husband Joins Wife in Pleading Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets from Children’s Hospital
China - January 7 2021 Yu Zhou, a Chinese National, recently admitted to conspiring with his wife to steal cutting-edge research from the Ohio children’s hospital that…
First Circuit Decision Underscores the Importance of Meeting the Definition of a Trade Secret as it Relates to Compilations
USA - December 21 2020 The First Circuit recently reemphasized the difficulty that some companies may have in defining a trade secret consisting of compilations of publicly…
Ninth Circuit Rules That the Identification of a Trade Secret May Be Developed Through Discovery
USA - November 12 2020 The Ninth Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to a defendant alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets…
First Circuit Reverses Trade Secret Misappropriation Verdict Even Though Employee Stole Company Information
USA - August 26 2020 On July 21, 2020, the First Circuit reversed a bench trial verdict for trade secret misappropriation after determining that the business reports at…
Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Trade Secret Theft from Ohio Children’s Hospital
China, USA - August 7 2020 Li Chen, a Chinese national and former researcher employed by National Children’s Hospital’s Research Institute in Ohio, pled guilty to conspiring to…
