About the Program

Trade Secret theft and data breaches often strike without warning. How your company responds in the first critical hours can determine whether the issue is contained or spirals into a major crisis. Whether it is an employee walking out with confidential files or a cyber incident exposing sensitive systems, the risk to both data and trade secrets is very real.

Join Seyfarth’s team of trade secrets and data protection attorneys for “Crisis Control: Managing Trade Secret Misappropriation and Data Breaches,” a timely session in our 2025 Trade Secrets Webinar Series. The webinar will offer real-world guidance for responding to crises at the intersections of digital data and proprietary information.

Topics will include:

• Identifying early warning signs of data compromises and trade secret theft
• Launching coordinated investigations across legal, IT, and leadership teams
• Preserving digital evidence and mitigating ongoing exposure
• Evaluating injunctive relief and engaging law enforcement
• Managing internal communications during the crisis
• Lessons learned from recent data-driven litigation and enforcement actions

This webinar is ideal for in-house counsel, compliance officers, IT security professionals, and business leaders responsible for protecting sensitive information and managing incident response.

Speakers

Dawn Mertineit, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Jay Carle, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Kevin Mahoney, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If you have any questions, please contact Sela Sofferman at ssofferman@seyfarth.com and reference this event.

To comply with State CLE Requirements, CLE forms requesting credit in IL or CA must be received before the end of the month in which the program took place. Credit will not be issued for forms received after such date. For all other jurisdictions forms must be submitted within 10 business days of the program taking place or we will not be able to process the request.

Our live programming is accredited for CLE in CA, IL, and NY (for both newly admitted and experienced).  Credit will be applied as requested, but cannot be guaranteed for TX, NJ, GA, NC and WA. The following jurisdictions may accept reciprocal credit with our accredited states, and individuals can use the certificate they receive to gain CLE credit therein: AZ, AR, CT, HI and ME. For all other jurisdictions, a general certificate of attendance and the necessary materials will be issued that can be used for self-application. CLE decisions are made by each local board, and can take up to 12 weeks to process. If you have questions about jurisdictions, please email CLE@seyfarth.com.

Please note that programming under 60 minutes of CLE content is not eligible for credit in GA. programs that are not open to the public are not eligible for credit in NC.