President Obama is expected to sign the bill Congress recently passed to enact the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“ACT”), which will provide civil remedies in the federal courts for the actual or threatened misappropriation of trade secrets. This new legislation may not dramatically change how trade secret disputes are currently litigated but should prompt a review of how your company handles confidential information, trade secrets and related litigation.
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