Sandpiper: Trade Secrets Protection, Enforcement, and Litigation 2023

Join us for our complimentary, invitation-only briefing where expert panelists will discuss recent developments, key challenges, and best practices in managing and protecting trade secrets – which are more important than ever as a source of competitive advantage, yet also under siege as never before. The program will feature a variety of presentations designed to help ensure your company is prepared, including:

• Determining best forum for civil enforcement—federal court under DTSA, state court, arbitration, FTC or ITC
• Criminal prosecution and cooperation with the government
• Global geopolitical, national security and state actor challenges
• Discovery and trial strategy
• Lessons learned about virtual proceedings and post-pandemic protocols
• Damage award trends and forms of non-monetary relief
• Key takeaways from notable case decisions (e.g., Appian Corp. v. Pegasystems; Ajaxo v. E*Trade; Epic Systems v. Tata; Motorola v. Hytera; Syntel v. Trizetto, etc.)
• Corporate best practices for managing and protecting trade secrets
• Remote workforce: risk management & new protective measures

From the judiciary and the government
Hon. Laurel Beeler, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco

Hon. Sunil R. Kulkarni, Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court, San Jose

Elvis M. Chan, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, San Francisco Division, Cyber Branch, FBI, San Francisco

Jason VanThomme, Supervisory Special Agent of Headquarters Counterintelligence Division, FBI, Palo Alto

Laura Horn Vartain, Assistant United States Attorney, Co-Chief Special Prosecutions Section, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, San Francisco

Other faculty
David S. Almeling, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco

Paul Alsdorf, Director and Managing Counsel, Litigation, Twilio, San Francisco

Russell Beck, Partner, Beck Reed Riden LLP, Boston

David Freskos, Principal, Charles River Associates, Chicago

Miriam Kim, Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco

Kenneth A. Kuwayti, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto

Catherine Y. Lui, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco

Rachael E. Meny, Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco

Daniel M. McGavock, Vice President, Practice Leader of Intellectual Property, Charles River Associates, Chicago

Denise Mingrone, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park

Steven J. Pearlman, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, Chicago

James Pooley, Independent Attorney, James Pooley, PLC, Menlo Park

Daniel Roffman, Vice President, Charles River Associates, Washington, D.C.

Bridget Smith, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Relativity Space, Long Beach

Khari Tillery, Partner, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco

Michael D. Weil, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco

Cyndi Wheeler, Former Senior Director, Intellectual Property, Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco