As the knowledge economy expanded and concerns about trade secret misappropriation mounted in the digital age, federal policymakers undertook efforts to reinforce trade secret protection a decade ago. These efforts came to fruition with passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA)....

The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 was intended to address both the general need for a federal criminal deterrent against trade secret theft as well as the apparent threat from foreign state-sponsored industrial espionage. This article examines the background of this new law, provides critical...