Trade Secret and Employee Mobility San Francisco 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	Key Strategies In Prosecuting and Defending Trade Secret Cases Malcolm A. Heinicke, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
10:00 - 11:00	What are Trade Secrets? An Overview of the IP Landscape and Where Trade Secrets Fit In Michelle Ybarra, Keker Van Nest & Peters Khari J. Tillery, Keker Van Nest & Peters
11:10 - 12:15	Initial Evaluation of  Trade Secret Claim Allan J. Gomes, Anderies & Gomes LLP
Lunch - On your own
1:30 - 2:30	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 Neel Chatterjee, Goodwin Procter Richard J. Eichmann, NERA Economic Consulting
2:40 - 3:45	Employee Mobility Issues: Strategies for Litigating Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims and Enforcing Multi-jurisdictional Concerning Non-Compete, Non–Solicitation Clauses Adrian Sawyer, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP
Program Concludes

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).