Hicks Johnson Partner Varant Yegparian’s recent continuing legal education course, “Navigating Trade Secret Litigation: A Guide for In-House Counsel,” provides in-house counsel with essential strategies for managing trade secret litigation and is now available via Law Practice CLE.

In addition to covering the legal foundations of trade secret litigation, such as the state and federal trade secret statutes, the course emphasizes concrete and tangible steps in-house legal departments should implement to maintain best corporate practices. These practical considerations span from how to protect corporate IP to recent legal developments and the information-technology systems that organizations must use to guard against trade secret theft. The course adopts the perspective of in-house counsel and strives to answer the following questions: How can trade secret theft be prevented, and, if cannot be prevented, how can organizations best prepare themselves for litigation? The course also gives special consideration to artificial intelligence and what developments in AI can mean for organizations facing trade-secret issues.

Varant is a trial lawyer who focuses on intellectual property disputes and commercial litigation. He has tried over 20 cases to verdict or final award, and has handled numerous theft of trade secret disputes, with several resulting in substantial verdicts and arbitral awards on behalf of plaintiffs. Beyond trade secret claims, Varant has recovered sizeable awards for plaintiffs in cases ranging from patent infringement to disputes involving software defect and hardware design. He represents a wide range of technology-related clients, from startups to sophisticated businesses with nationwide operations.

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