Description
In-depth analysis of each state’s statutory and common law protection of trade secrets
Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, Fourth Edition provides authoritative, in-depth analysis of each state’s statutory and common law protection of trade secrets and other confidential business information, both within and outside the employment context.
The treatise addresses several issues as specific “Additional Topics,” including: amendments to complaint, consolidation, conspiracy, conversion, declaratory judgments, default judgments, directed verdicts, evidence (circumstantial), first-filed rule, forum selection clauses, gist of the action doctrine, interrogatories, jurisdiction (supplemental), litigation privilege, ownership versus possession, questions of law, and sanctions. It also contains expanded discussions of the inevitable disclosure doctrine and important cross-references to other titles in the State-by-State Survey Series.
The Fourth Edition includes:
- Expanded discussion of the inevitable disclosure doctrine
- Expanded discussion of types of information granted or denied trade secret protection under the various Uniform Trade Secrets Acts
- Expanded discussion of the availability of injunctive relief and damages
The following topics are addressed in each state chapter of Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, Fourth Edition:
- State’s definition of “trade secret”
- Courts’ interpretations under the statute, Uniform Trade Secrets Act, or common law
- Policy considerations recognized by courts
- Evidence establishing the elements of a trade secret and of a misappropriation claim
- Courts’ justifications for denial of protection
- Types of information granted trade secret protection
- Types of relief granted for the misappropriation of trade secrets
- Level of protection for “proprietary information”
- References to law review articles/other publications
Specifications
2011/2 Volumes/3,022 pp. Hardcover/ISBN 9781617460180/Order #2018
Authors
Brian M. Malsberger, Author; David J. Carr, Arnold H. Pedowitz, and Eric Akira Tate, Board of Review Associate Editors; Committee on Employment Rights and Responsibilities, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law