As we have previously discussed on the blog, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) into law on May 11, 2016. Fortunately, while the law has many new components that businesses need to consider, parts of the DTSA are derived from the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA). The UTSA has been adopted, in various forms, by 47 states to date. Therefore, there is a large body of state law that has developed on the UTSA that may be applicable to the DTSA. This latest blog entry in our series on the DTSA analyzes some of the differences and similarities between the DTSA and UTSA, specifically the acts’ “trade secrets” and “misappropriations” definitions and their statutes of limitations. Read more >>
