A trade secret holds value precisely because it stays secret, and the law only protects information you have taken reasonable steps to guard. Whether your edge is source code, an algorithm, a manufacturing process, or a hard-won customer list, we help you put the right protections in place before there is a problem and respond decisively when someone tries to take it.
Building a Protection Program
Courts ask whether you treated your secrets like secrets, so the work starts well before any dispute. We help you identify and classify the information that genuinely qualifies, then implement access controls, network and physical safeguards, confidentiality policies, and labeling and documentation practices. Done right, that program both reduces the chance of a leak and gives you the evidentiary record you need if you ever have to enforce.
Employee and Departure Measures
Most trade secret loss walks out the door with people. We draft confidentiality and invention-assignment agreements, design onboarding and exit procedures that document obligations, and craft restrictive covenants that stay within what your state will actually enforce. When a key employee leaves for a competitor, we help you run a clean departure and preserve evidence in case the situation escalates.
Misappropriation Litigation
When information is taken, speed is everything. We move quickly to secure temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, and we pursue claims under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act and state trade secret statutes for damages and disgorgement. Our technical background lets us trace how the secret was copied or used and explain it to a court that needs to understand the technology to grant relief.