You can now make a federal case out of a lost trade secret. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, which became law on May 11, 2016, allows businesses and individuals to bring civil lawsuits in federal court for misappropriation of their trade secrets. Previously, an action based on trade secrets had to be based...Read More

One challenge of trial work is trying to anticipate beforehand every issue that might arise once the parties are in the courtroom. Discovery greatly reduces the incidence of surprises of fact, but it can’t protect against surprises of law — foreseeable legal arguments that lurk undetected, camouflaged by the obvious issues absorbing everyone’s attention, until they come leaping from hiding...Read More