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Perspective

Oct. 26, 2016

Federal trade secrets law provides several practical advantages

The Defend Trade Secrets Act provides a number of practical or procedural advantages for a trade secret plaintiff over a similar action in California superior court. By John A. Scheerer

John Scheerer

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Sacks Glazier Franklin & Lodise LLP

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By John A. Scheerer

The federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. Sections 1836 et. seq.), signed into law on May 11, provides substantive legal advantages to trade secret plaintiffs that have been well documented. Perhaps less well known is that the DTSA, by creating a federal private civil cause of action for the misappropriation of trade secrets, provides a number of practical or procedural advantages for a trade secret plaintiff over a simil...

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