Trade Secret Litigation

Trade SecretLitigation Attorney

Keyhani LLC represents businesses in trade secret disputes involving misappropriation, employee departures, confidential information, emergency relief, and related commercial litigation.

DTSA and state lawFederal and state-law trade secret disputes
Emergency posturePreservation, access lockdown, TRO, and injunction analysis
80+ casesFederal cases as lead counsel through Darius Keyhani
Federal Court Disputes

Trade Secret Counsel for Fast-Moving Business Conflicts

Trade secret litigation often combines DTSA claims, state law, employment facts, NDA allegations, computer access records, forensic preservation, competitor communications, and requests for emergency relief.

Employee Departure and Competitor Hire

Departing employees, suspicious access, copied files, customer-list use, and movement to a competitor.

Source Code and Technical Materials

Software, technical documentation, manufacturing methods, formulas, designs, product data, and internal systems.

Confidential Business Information

Pricing, bid strategy, customer data, vendor information, product roadmaps, sales plans, and confidential records.

Case Posture

Early Questions That Shape the Case

The first review should separate ordinary employee-mobility risk from facts that support immediate litigation action.

Specific Information

The case needs a clear description of the alleged secret, not a broad label.

Reasonable Measures

Access limits, agreements, device controls, permission logs, policies, and compartmentalization.

Evidence Movement

Downloads, cloud transfers, email forwarding, repository access, USB activity, and communications.

Immediate Remedy

Preservation, return of materials, injunction, expedited discovery, settlement terms, or defense.

Attorney and Court Fit

Courts, Attorney Leadership, and Scope

Trade secret litigation often requires fast forum judgment, emergency relief analysis, and coordination between federal, state-law, NDA, and related commercial claims.

Darius Keyhani

20+ years of IP litigation experience and 80+ federal cases as lead counsel.

Frances Stephenson

Member and co-owner of Keyhani LLC, admitted in New York only.

Litigation Scope

Dispute strategy tied to trade secrets, confidential information, NDA breach issues, and related commercial conflicts.

Related Work

Trade Secret and Commercial Litigation Paths

Discuss a Trade Secret Litigation Matter

If confidential business information, employee movement, competitor conduct, or an NDA breach has become a litigation issue, Keyhani LLC can evaluate the evidence, risk, forum, and next step.