On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA"), which became effective immediately. The DTSA provides the first private federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation, and it allows parties to sue in federal court for trade secret misappropriation—regardless of the dollar value of the trade secrets at issue. Employers in the health care and life science industry may want to note that the DTSA
requires that employers provide certain notices of these whistleblower protections in employment-related agreements that govern ...
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