Southern California & Orange County Trade Secrets Protection Attorneys

As the fifth largest economy in the world, the state of California is home to entrepreneurs and aggressively growing businesses. To carve out a market niche, and to grow where competitors have failed, businesses in orange county in Southern California rely on trade secrets and confidential information to build their success. California is in the majority of states that adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which protects information and processes developed and kept by a company to give it a “leg up” on the competition. This differential advantage helps determine which businesses succeed, and which businesses may fail. If business people and companies keep such information confidential, then they may seek to enjoin (stopping activity by court order) a former key employee, manager, or business partner from using that valuable trade secret for him or herself, as a competitor, or take it to a business rival. Typically, information such as customer lists, contract pricing information, procedures, and financial information/space profit margins are critical to reverse engineer the success of a business. If this information becomes readily available to competitors or others in the company, it may risk a business’ leadership position in the marketplace. While Dallas is always Texas friendly and inviting, it’s business leaders fiercely guard and protect what they have built.