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Trade Secrets — When Civil Liability Becomes Criminal

Feb 9th, 2010
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In Federal Court in California yesterday, a former Boeing engineer was sentenced under to 188 months in prison for having disclosed certain Boeing-owned trade secrets to China.
It’s never good to disclose another parties’ trade secrets, but when that other party is doing work for the U.S. government, it’s an ever worse idea. While many people [...]