10-1 INTRODUCTION

• Jurisdiction: United States

10-1 Introduction

Until 2016, trade secret litigation was almost entirely a state law cause of action. In passing the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), Congress shifted the landscape of trade secret litigation. Although from a substantive perspective the DTSA mirrors the Uniform Trade Secret Act (and, by extension, TUTSA), this new federal law includes a number of innovative procedural devices that provide DTSA plaintiffs with new methods for...