Perspective
Apr. 29, 2016
Federal trade secrets protection: Law would create more problems than it solves
The reality is that the Defend Trade Secrets Act will create more problems than it solves as it's injected into the current state law ecosystem that is functioning just fine. By Bradford K. Newman and Esther Cheng
Advocates of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which the House passed on Wednesday, declare that it will simplify and unify trade secret law. Such promises usually accompany the call for new regulation, and on the surface, the promises are appealing. The reality, however, is that the DTSA will create more problems than it solves as it's injected into the current state law ecosystem that is functioning ju...
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