Misconstruing Whistleblower Immunity Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

By Peter S. Menell January 3, 2017 by Peter S. Menell

In crafting the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), Congress went beyond the federalization of state trade secret protection to tackle a broader social justice problem: the misuse of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to discourage reporting of illegal activity in …

Deterring Corporate Fraud from the Inside: Encouraging Whistleblowing Without Jeopardizing Trade Secrecy

By Peter S. Menell January 12, 2016 by Peter S. Menell

Since 2000, the financial world and global economy have been shaken by two catastrophic and entirely avoidable waves of financial scandals. At the turn of the millennium, accounting fraud at Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and several other large enterprises rocked financial …

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Misconstruing Whistleblower Immunity Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

Deterring Corporate Fraud from the Inside: Encouraging Whistleblowing Without Jeopardizing Trade Secrecy