​​ The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (‘the Act”) creates a new cause of action that can be filed in federal court by employers against employees or former employees (and others) for misappropriation of the employer’s trade secrets. Up to now, trade secrets were only protected by State law, and the protections provided for trade secrets could vary from state to state. The Act also provides that employees or former employees are not liable under any federal or state trade s

Bill Murphy, John Dahlberg and Cross Creason recently succeeded in getting a motion for summary judgment granted in favor of Safeway Inc. Lawyers representing a Safeway pharmacy patient who received prerecorded flu shot reminder calls filed a class action lawsuit against Safeway in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco in Fall 2015. The Complaint alleged that flu shot reminder calls were made to patients’ cellular telephones without their consent, and so violated the fede