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 Clinic for Suffolk University Law School, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the panel
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 be joining Ben Fink of Berman Fink Van Horn P.C., Stephanie Southwick of Burford
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. Heppner, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
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 have the honor of facilitating a panel composed of AI experts Matthew D’Amore of Cornell
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 of Appian Software’s $2 billion verdict against its competitor Pegasystems, agreeing that the trial court
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 Association on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 from 1:00 p.m. ET to 4:15 p.m. ET. Distinguished speakers
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, and try to give some insight into what to expect in 2025. We discuss the
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 field and provide the resources necessary for the trade secret owner to recover damages and
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 at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland.
It will be a dynamic session