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President Obama Signs Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act
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President Obama Signs Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act
May 13, 2016
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On May 11, 2016 – after years of bipartisan negotiation resulting in widespread support from both sides of the political aisle, as well as from the business community – President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), the long-proposed legislation that establishes a federal trade secrets law.