On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, I will be speaking at the DC Bar’s “AI, Innovation & Intellectual Property Law Summit.” I’ll be presenting with Ted Davis of Kilpatrick Townsend and Darrell Mottley, the Director of Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship
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Join me at the AIPLA 2026 Trade Secret Summit in Fort Worth, Texas
On Thursday, April 23, 2026 and Friday, April 24, 2026, I will be speaking at the AIPLA 2026 Trade Secret Summit at the Texas A&M Law Center in Fort Worth, Texas on two panels. On the Thursday panel, I will
Yet Another Reason to Fear AI? Two recent decisions provide a reminder of the risks of its use for trade secrets
If worrying about our soon-to-be AI overlords wasn’t enough, two rulings recently dropped that illustrate the risk that an AI platform’s terms of use and privacy policy limitations may pose to confidential information. On February 17, 2026, in U.S. v.
Join Me for the New York City Bar Association’s Trade Secrets Symposium 2026
I’m excited to announce that I will be the panel chair and moderator for “Artificial Intelligence & Trade Secrets” at the New York City Bar Association’s Trade Secret Symposium 2026 on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET. I’ll
Three More Mammoth Trade Secret Verdicts Fail to Survive Appeal: The Trade Secret Litigator Reads the Tea Leaves (Part I)
Do three important decisions signal a trend? Well, they just might, particularly when they are considered with recent appellate decisions setting aside other runaway trade secret verdicts. Last month, the Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the Virginia Court of Appeals’ reversal
Join me for the OSBA’s “2026 Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Symposium: How to protect your trade secrets, navigate an ever-evolving legal landscape and manage technologies like generative AI”
For those looking for a comprehensive webinar on developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law by experts from around the country, please join me for the first annual “Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Symposium” for the Ohio State Bar
Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants: 2025 Recap, 2026 Outlook (Fairly Competing, Episode 28)
Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants: 2024 Recap, 2025 Outlook (Fairly Competing, Episode 27)
Episode 27 of Fairly Competing is out!
In this episode, recorded on January 3, 2025, Ben, Russell and I take a look back on some of the more significant developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law in 2024,
Everything You Wanted to Know About Litigation Funding But Were Afraid to Ask: Join us for our podcast with Stephanie Southwick (Fairly Competing, Episode 26)
Trade secret litigation is expensive. But trade secret owners often don’t have the resources to pay for the litigation necessary to protect their rights against a larger adversary with deeper pockets.
Enter: litigation funding.
Litigation funding can level the playing
Join me at the AIPLA 2024 Annual Meeting for the Year in Review for Trade Secrets Law
I will be speaking at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. ET at the Closing Plenary Session as part of the IP Year in Review panel