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

Seyfarth Shaw Los Angeles Trade Secrets partner Robert Milligan co-edited a comprehensive supplement recently released by the State Bar of California to the Trade Secret Protection and Litigation in California treatise.

The supplement updates the statutory and case law in the Second Edition of the Trade Secret Protection and Litigation in California practice guide published by the State Bar of California in 2009. The updates include additional practical tips for protecting trade secrets and for handling trade secret disputes. Recent developments addressed in this supplement include:

• Discussion and analysis of more than 50 new cases on topics including misappropriation, preemption, identification of trade secrets, injunctions, damages and attorneys fees;
   
• New content regarding social media policies and measures to protect against trade secret theft; and
   
• New and updated jury instructions from the Judicial Council’s official California Civil Instructions (CACI) for use in trade secret misappropriation cases applying California law.