Navigating Trade Secrets Litigation: A Comprehensive Guide to Strategy and Best Practices (2025 Edition)

Nicholas J. Schneider
Nicholas J. Schneider | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Mr. Schneider focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, employment disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, unfair competition, real estate disputes, and class actions.

On-Demand: April 10, 2025

2 hour CLE

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Program Summary

This course on Trade Secrets litigation offers the real-world best practices through all key stages of bringing a trade secrets lawsuit in federal court, including critical preliminary steps, preparing and filing an action in court, discovery focus and issues, preparing to counter potential defenses and counterclaims, and strategies for maintaining confidentiality throughout the litigation process. This comprehensive program will equip legal professionals with essential knowledge and practical strategies for helping your client best protect their most valuable secret assets.

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE. 

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Preliminary steps to consider
  • Preparing and filing an action in court
  • Discovery focus/issues
  • Injunctive relief
  • Best practices for preparing to counter potential defenses and counterclaims
  • Maintaining confidentiality during trade secrets litigation

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Speaker_Nicholas J. Schneider_MDBNicholas J. Schneider | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Nicholas Schneider is a trial attorney with the national law firm Eckert Seamans. Mr. Schneider focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, employment disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, unfair competition, real estate disputes, and class actions. He has experience representing clients of all sizes, from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, in state and federal trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, and mediations. In a recent three-week trial in Massachusetts Superior Court, Mr. Schneider obtained a million-dollar judgment for his client, including an award of attorney’s fees, which was recently upheld on appeal. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Northeastern University and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Agenda

I. Preliminary steps to consider | 2:00pm – 2:20pm

II. Preparing and filing an action in court | 2:20pm – 2:40pm

III. Discovery focus/issues | 2:40pm – 3:00pm

Break | 3:00pm – 3:10pm

IV. Injunctive relief | 3:10pm – 3:30pm

V. Best practices for preparing to counter potential defenses and counterclaims | 3:30pm – 3:50pm

VI. Maintaining confidentiality during trade secrets litigation | 3:50pm – 4:10pm

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