Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a voice vote in favor of the passage of the now amended Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”). At this point, the Committee has not yet revealed when the current version of the DTSA will make it to a floor vote, nor has it been announced when and if the House will consider the issue. The House’s version of the DTSA was introduced late last July, and now has 107 cosponsors. It remains to be seen whether the House version will include the Senate’s amendments. Below are some highlights from the Senate’s amended version of the DTSA: The section limiting injunctive relief has been fortified insofar as a court shall not grant such relief if it would prevent a person from entering into an employment relationship. Under the new language, a court could place conditions on that employment relationship only upon a showing through evidence of “threatened misappropriation and not merely on…
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