In trade secret litigation, the parties and their experts are often direct
competitors. Clients need to protect the secrecy of their information, but
that same information is the very subject of the dispute. Negotiating and
enforcing an appropriate protective order is therefore of utmost importance in
trade secret litigation. This program will feature three prominent
commercial litigation attorneys from Boston to discuss their experiences in
negotiating, enforcing, and working with protective orders in trade secret
litigation. The panel will cover the life of a protective order through
negotiation and drafting, court approval, discovery, filings under seal, and the
use of protected material at trial.