Trade Secrets

In today’s dynamic, digital business environment, mishandling of trade secrets is happening with increased frequency and severity – and often without senior leadership knowledge and without malicious intent. But they still need to be fully investigated, understood, and remediated — with or without litigation.

When litigation is necessary, we represent plaintiffs and defendants in US state and federal courts, arbitrations, and administrative actions at all levels, including before the International Trade Commission.

Our team is highly experienced in fast-paced injunctions and temporary restraining orders, expedited discovery and dispositive motions, trial, and appellate practice, internationally and across all industries. We collaborate with colleagues worldwide to assess and resolve cross-border, multi-jurisdictional matters. 

We prosecute and defend trade secrets misappropriation cases in all settings. These include business-to-business dealings, employee mobility scenarios, idea-submission cases, and overlapping state and federal claims that often arise in connection with trade secrets claims.

Because trade secrets matters occur in different circumstances, we work seamlessly with other practices across our firm – including Data Security, Compliance, e-Discovery, Employment Mobility, Patent Litigation, Copyright, Trademark, and Media – to manage the full spectrum of issues in an integrated way.

We’ll work closely with you to meet your objectives in all scenarios: when a data privacy breach is investigated or an e-discovery project is in progress and trade secrets are uncovered; when trade secret issues arise with departing or onboarding employees; or when an investigation or litigation involves several forms of intellectual property.