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Introduction: The Defend Trade Secrets Act Of 2015, Christopher B. Seaman
Introduction: The Defend Trade Secrets Act Of 2015, Christopher B. Seaman
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
This is an introduction to a Roundtable on the Defend Trade Secrets Act published by the Washington and Lee Law Review Online in 2015.
Here Come The Trade Secret Trolls, David S. Levine, Sharon K. Sandeen
Here Come The Trade Secret Trolls, David S. Levine, Sharon K. Sandeen
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
Within the past few years, the U.S. federal government has been forced to confront the massive but hard-to-quantify problem of foreign and state-sponsored cyberespionage against U.S. corporations, from Boeing to small technology start-ups, and (as of this writing) perhaps Sony Pictures Entertainment. As part of that effort, Congress has taken up the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Trade Secret Protection Act, which would create a private cause of action under the federal Economic Espionage Act. This Article addresses the possibility of introducing trolling behavior—using litigation as a means to extract settlement payments from unsuspecting defendants—to trade secret law through …