Companies use trade secret laws to countersue employees who report discrimination or wrongdoing, raising whistleblower protection concerns.
Companies are increasingly using trade secret laws to countersue employees who file complaints of discrimination or wrongdoing. This trend, enabled by the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act and amplified by remote work and corporate surveillance, has raised concerns about whistleblower protections. An example involves Greg Robillard, sued by his former employer, Opal Labs, for posting code to GitHub, which the company claimed were trade secrets.
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