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2020 Privacy Law Year in Review
European Union, United Kingdom, USA - February 9 2021 Amid the global pandemic, 2020 witnessed the debut of new privacy laws and an explosion of privacy and data security issues arising from the switch…
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…
New Judicial Interpretation in China Strengthens Protection of Trade Secrets
China - December 23 2020 China’s Supreme People’s Court recently issued a judicial interpretation regarding the adjudication of civil suits for trade secret theft (the…
Court Battle Between India’s SaaS Industry Leaders Being Fought in California
India, USA - December 22 2020 A District Court in the Northern District of California recently denied defendant’s motion to dismiss a trade secret misappropriation case that was…
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…
Recently Filed Lawsuit by Trinseo Highlights the Potential for the Rapid Spread of Misappropriated Trade Secrets
USA - December 16 2020 In the “standard” trade secret misappropriation case, Company A’s trade secret is misappropriated by Company B and used internally by Company B alone…
Judge Upholds “Willful and Malicious” Trade-Secret Misappropriation Verdict in Produce Preservation Case
USA - December 14 2020 The Delaware District Court Judge that presided over a five-day jury trial between AgroFresh, Inc. (AgroFresh), UPL Ltd. and several of UPL’s…
U.S. Justice Department Touts Success, Continued Need for China Initiative on Trade Secrets
China, USA - December 10 2020 In November 2018, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department (DOJ) was creating a “China Initiative” (Initiative) to…
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…
Expanding Biometric Class Actions Beyond Illinois
USA - October 12 2020 Regulation of the collection and use of biometric information continues to tighten. Following the lead of several states (i.e., Illinois, Texas, and…
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