By Jeffrey D. Neuburger

Unauthorized access to corporate information in general (regardless of the manner in which the items were obtained) may constitute trade secret misappropriation. Most states have enacted some version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), which defines the term very broadly to include not only a secret process or formula but also any other "information" that has economic value as a result of being kept secret.

Corporate documents containing information that would be valuable to a competitor, such as business plans and non-public financial information, can fit that definition under the proper circumstances.

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