Seyfarth partner and co-chair of the Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group is presenting at Sandpiper Partners’ “Trade Secrets Theft: Civil Litigation and Criminal Prosecution” panel on December 2.

The program brings together judges, in-house counsel, and outside lawyers from across the country. Attendees will learn about the following topics:

  • Overview of trade secret law
  • Trade secret protective measures
  • What to do when there’s been a theft or one is suspected?
  • Avoiding being accused of misappropriation
  • Criminal or civil enforcement or both?
  • Choice of forum
  • Types/sources of evidence
  • Identifying and protecting trade secrets in litigation
  • Discovery in trade secret cases
  • Judicial observations on provisional relief and evidentiary hearings in a pandemic
  • Damages
  • Judicial observations on successful trial strategies in civil trade secret cases, generally and in the age of COVID-19
  • Criminal prosecution of trade secrets theft