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The Federal and Corporate Cybersecurity Landscape

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.22.16

Earlier this month, attorneys from Crowell & Moring’s Privacy & Cybersecurity group were featured on WFED/WTOP radio discussing public and private sector approaches to cybersecurity. Listen in here as these practitioners discuss the cyber threat landscape, how the federal government and private industry is responding, and what trends they’re keeping their eyes on for the coming year.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.15.26

Kansas Federal Court Applies “Selective Enforcement” Theory to Reject DTSA Claim

A Kansas federal court held that inconsistent enforcement of trade secret rights can defeat a claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). In Edelman Financial Engines, LLC v. Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC, No. 2:23-cv-02515-HLT (D. Kan. June 5, 2026), the court applied a selective enforcement theory, holding that when a company does not consistently pursue legal remedies against similarly situated former employees, that inconsistency can be affirmative evidence that it failed to protect its trade secrets. While the selective enforcement theory has appeared in academic hypothetical discussions, the decision appears to be one of the clearest judicial applications of a “selective enforcement” theory in a trade secret case....