BNA Books' New 2009 Cumulative Supplement To "Trade Secrets: a State-By-State Survey, Third Edition"Analyzes Statutory and Common Law Protections

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, Third Edition. This new treatise is published by BNA Books in cooperation with the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law.

An essential companion volume to BNA Books' other comprehensive State-by-State Surveys, Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, Third Edition provides authoritative, in-depth analysis of each state's statutory and common law protection of trade secrets and other confidential business information, both within and outside the employment context.

The main volume of the Third Edition of this definitive survey provides detailed discussions of cases resolving questions of first impression under the laws of the various states, including whether:

• California's state civil statute governing discovery in state Uniform Trade Secret Act (UTSA) cases extends to non-UTSA causes of actions
• Kentucky's state UTSA protects customer lists
• The Maine Law Court would follow Restatement of Agency §396(b)
• The statute of limitations for violations of Minnesota's state UTSA begins to run anew with each wrongful use of a trade secret
• The statute of limitations for violations of Ohio's state UTSA incorporates the discovery rule
• Tennessee state law would permit introduction of circumstantial evidence of use in trade secret cases

In addition, the Third Edition addresses several issues for the first time as specific "Additional Topics," including: Amendments to Complaint, Consolidation, Conspiracy, Conversion, Declaratory Judgments, Default Judgments, Directed Verdicts, Evidence (Circumstantial), First-Filed Rule, Forum Selection Clauses, Gist of the Action Doctrine, Interrogatories, Jurisdiction (Supplemental), Litigation Privilege, Ownership Versus Possession, Questions of Law, and Sanctions. It also contains expanded discussions of the inevitable disclosure doctrine and important cross references to other titles in the State-by-State Survey series.

In the 2009 Cumulative Supplement you'll find analysis of a number of issues critical to trade secret practice across the nation, including:

• Whether the execution of a trade secret nondisclosure clause can be relevant to a determination of whether particular information constitutes a trade secret under Iowa law
• Whether access to trade secrets or other confidential information constitutes good consideration for a covenant not to compete under Montana law
• Whether the inevitable disclosure doctrine is available under New York, Ohio, or South Carolina law
• The effect proof of a defendant's ability to use the plaintiff's trade secrets can have on irreparable injury determinations and, in turn, on injunctive relief analysis under Rhode Island law
• The effect proof of a breach of a noncompetition covenant has on requests for exemplary damages for willful and malicious violations of the Rhode Island trade secrets statute

State and federal courts addressing trade secret issues have recently brought greater clarity to numerous issues critical to the protection of valuable confidential information. Practitioners can track such developments with this treatise.

Brian M. Malsberger is the author of the treatise. Robert A. Blackstone and Arnold H. Pedowitz are the Board of Review Associate Editors. The book is published in cooperation with the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law. Section publications provide a balanced forum for the views and professional development of practitioners in labor and employment law. For more information on Section participation, please call the Section at (312) 988-5813 or visit http://www.abanet.org/labor/home.html.

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