Trade Secret Law and Unfair Competition Specialists

The Burke Law Firm handles a broad range of trade secret enforcement actions in both state and federal courts and in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution venues. These matters involve a wide variety of industries, including technology, health care, manufacturing, transportation, financial and consulting services, chemicals, defense industry projects, and entertainment projects. 

Michael Burke has tried cases in venues nationwide, and frequently partners with local counsel to protect your trade secrets from misappropriation and protect your business from infringement and unfair competition. 

The Burke Law Firm represents clients in all aspects of trade secret law cases, from general trade secrets matters to restrictions on post-employment activities and employee raiding cases. While each case certainly has special considerations, we have developed expertise on the legal issues that arise in trade secret cases, such as: 

• Appropriate definitions of trade secrets
• Distinctions between trade secrets and confidential and proprietary business information 
• Inevitable disclosure issues 
• Forensic computer analysis and establishing a misappropriation case 
• Defining the irreparable injury to your business from unauthorized disclosure or misappropriation of your trade secrets 
• Whether injunctive relief is available pending trial or arbitration 
• Whether there was adequate consideration for non-disclosure agreements and other restrictive covenants 
• The type of protectable interests needed for a restrictive agreement to be enforceable 
• The scope of protection that can be applied to confidential business information 
• The limits of enforceable non-disclosure agreements and an evaluation of the reasonableness requirement