LOS ANGELES, September 17, 2024: Lex Machina has identified Morgan Lewis partners Seth Gerber and Debra Fischer as defending second highest number of trade secret cases in the US over the past three years, and the greatest number for California-based lawyers. The results, published in Lex Machina’s 2024 Trade Secret Litigation Report, examines trade secret litigation trends in federal district and appellate courts from 2021 through 2023.
The Morgan Lewis Trade Secrets team regularly pursues and defends claims for misappropriation of trade secrets on behalf of a broad range of clients. The firm’s deep bench of commercial, employment, and intellectual property litigators assist with trade secret matters – from inception through trial - in state or federal court arising from employee departures, breaches of nondisclosure agreements and other circumstances, in addition to providing assistance with injunctions to prevent actual or threatened misuse of trade secrets and other confidential information.
Lex Machina’s report is the latest recognition for Seth and Debra’s work in trade secrets litigation. Seth was named to the Daily Journal’s Top Trade Secrets Lawyers list for four consecutive years and ranked nationally in IAM Patent 1000 and The Legal 500, and Debra is ranked by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 along with being listed as a Women Attorney of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal.