Robert Milligan Co-Edits Trade Secret Protection and Litigation in California Treatise

Seyfarth Shaw Los Angeles Trade Secrets partner Robert Milligan co-edited and authored a chapter in the recently released Third Edition of Trade Secret Protection and Litigation in California, a treatise published by The Intellectual Property Section of The State Bar of California.

The twenty-seven chapter treatise provides a comprehensive review and analysis of California trade secret law. Written by California practitioners, the treatise explains the fundamentals and intricacies of California trade secret law. The treatise is a resource for anyone working with trade secrets in litigation or providing counsel on trade secret issues. The Third Edition includes two new chapters on digital forensics and the pursuit of trade secret claims at the International Trade Commission, as well as a model non-disclosure agreement and protective order. The new edition also provides updates of the recent case developments in the trade secret law since the 2nd Edition. Chapters include:

•           What is a Trade Secret?

*           Misappropriation

•           Trade Secret Protection Programs

•           Advising the Corporation

•           Injunctions

•           Damages

•           Criminal Prosecution

•           Licensing Trade Secrets

•           Digital Forensics

You can purchase the practice guide here.

Milligan co-chairs Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group and is a partner in the Litigation and Labor & Employment departments of the firm. His practice encompasses a wide variety of commercial litigation and employment matters, including general business disputes, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation and other intellectual property theft. His practice focuses on trade secret, non-compete, and data protection litigation and transactional work on a state, national, and international platform. He is also the editor of Seyfarth’s trade secret blog, www.tradesecretslaw.com, and was recognized by Legal 500 for the firm’s trade secret practice.

Milligan serves as the Chair of the State Bar of California Intellectual Property Section’s Trade Secrets Interest Group and the Chair of the ABA Intellectual Property Section’s Trade Secrets and Tortious Interference Committee.