On October 14, 2026, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that employers seeking preliminary injunctive relief for alleged trade ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which hears federal appeals from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, recently issued a decision clarifying the level of specificity required to claim ...

Proof of trade secret misappropriation is a fact-intensive inquiry and requires a trial by jury to resolve questions of fact. The featured case for this article is the recent opinion by Judge Amy M.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize the economy, courts are increasingly being asked to determine whether AI models and algorithms can be protected as trade secrets. Yet case ...

“Unless and until the Supreme Court addresses the issue, the availability and magnitude of avoided costs as unjust enrichment damages under the DTSA will remain an open—and increasingly ...

February 23, 2026 - Trade secret litigation just shattered records. Federal courts saw more than 1,500 new trade secret cases filed in 2025, an all-time high according to the Lex Machina 2026 Trade ...

Elon Musk appears to be grasping at straws in a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of poaching eight xAI employees in an allegedly unlawful bid to access xAI trade secrets connected to its data centers and ...

“Trinidad and Heppner mark the beginning of what will likely be an extended period of judicial development at the intersection of generative AI and trade secret law.” Among the essential requirements ...

“‘Circumvent’ is not even a recognized concept in patent law. In practice, it could sweep in perfectly lawful conduct.” A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision applying ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — Apple asked a federal judge for wide-ranging injunctive relief Tuesday after it claimed a former employee stole trade secrets and gave them to a Chinese competitor. In August, ...

OpenAI filed a 31-page motion to dismiss Apple's trade secrets lawsuit on Wednesday, making an argument that turns the case's central narrative on its head: the "residual access" Apple is calling ...