Trade Secrets – Expect Claims to Keep Rising

Astor Heaven, a Crowell & Moring Litigation Group partner focusing on trade secrets cases, expects this trend to continue. “A powerful mix of ingredients is pushing businesses to defend their trade secrets more forcefully by filing DTSA cases,” he says. “More employees are changing companies due to the pandemic, more companies are using trade secret classification to protect their intellectual property, and courts have emphasized the importance of the statute of limitations.”