Trade Secret and Employee Mobility Los Angeles 2017

The most significant trade secret reform in decades is about to become law. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) will modernize and strengthen trade secret law and address a number of issues that trade secret owners commonly encountered under current laws.. Because trade secrets are a fundamental building block of California’s and the U.S. economy that help drive investment, innovation and economic growth, trade secret litigation and employee mobility cases are the hottest areas of intellectual property and employment litigation. Employees are getting laid off in record numbers, more and more senior level executives and employees are leaving one company to start or join a direct competitor. This program will provide participants with advice on how to protect company trade secrets, guard against employee raids, recruit from competitors without getting sued, and deal with the important issues that arise when employees leave to compete with their former employers.

Agenda
8:30 - 9:30	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:05	Opening remarks and program overview
9:05 - 10:00	Best Practices and Practical Advice for Avoiding and Prosecuting Trade Secrets Claims Jonathan Karchmer, iDiscovery Solutions Ryan Cain, Grube, Brown, Geidt, LLP
10:00 - 11:00	The Federalization of Trade Secrets Law - A Discussion about the Defend Trade Secrets Act Dan M. Forman, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
11:10 - 12:15	Trade Secret Damages and Remedies” – A Focus on all of the legal and equitable remedies available, including injunctive relief (TROs and Preliminary Injunctions), actual damages, unjust enrichment, attorneys’ fees, and punitive damages Marc Alexander, Alvarado Smith
Lunch - On your own
1:30 - 2:45	Employee Mobility Issues: Strategies for Litigating Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims and Handling Non-Competition and Non–Solicitation Clauses Laura Smolowe, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Program Concludes
Faculty Mike Hensley, AlvaradoSmith Laura Smolowe, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP Ryan Crain, Grube Brown & Geidt LLP Dan M. Forman, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP

This program has been approved for 5.0 hrs of MCLE for California attorneys. Bridgeport is a State Bar of CA provider of MCLE (Provider 11872).