This marks the inaugural edition of the Parker Poe Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Reporter. It is the intent of management (namely, me) to try to provide a timely and useful summary of developments in the law as related to trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition, with a focus on the law in North Carolina and South Carolina. This site will also act as a quick reference point to applicable statutes and other helpful references. As many of us practicing in the business tort community already know, the number of cases involving claims of trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition seem to increase every year. High profile cases, such as the criminal action surrounding the departure of a computer programmer from Goldman Sachs in June of this year, capture the headlines. But other smaller cases are brought without the fanfare or attention in the media and escape notice. This Reporter will hopefully give some of those cases the attention they deserve. Welcome.
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