About the Meeting
Blank Rome partners Leigh Ann Buziak and Daniel R. Saeedi will lead panels at The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 Annual Meeting 2025, being held October 5 through 7, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The primary focus of this meeting will be dialogue to obtain member comment on the following current Working Group 12 (“WG12”) drafting projects and advance them to publication for public comment:
- International Trade Secret Enforcement and Protection
- Developing an Effective “Incident Response Plan” When Trade Secret Disputes Begin
- Trade Secret Guidance for Employees Who Change Jobs
- When Continued Possession of Trade Secrets Post-Separation Does or Does Not Constitute Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Another goal of the annual meeting will be to receive any final member comment and consider any public comments received on the following written materials, which are expected to be ready for publication following the Atlanta meeting:
- The Use of Clean Rooms in Managing Trade Secret Litigation Risk
- Exemplary Damages and Attorney Fees in Trade Secret Cases
- DTSA Model Jury Instructions
- Forensic Issues in Trade Secret Disputes
- Sharing Trade Secrets with Other Organizations
About the Sessions
Leigh Ann’s session, “Trade Secret Guidance for Employees Who Change Jobs,” will take place on Monday, October 6, from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.
This Brainstorming Group is approaching this project from the perspective of providing guidance to employees when they change jobs, offering ideas on what steps can be taken to eliminate or mitigate trade secret risk in moving to a new position. Few resources consider these trade secret issues from the employee perspective and both employees and employers are better served when employment decisions are made with forethought and deliberation.
Speakers:
- Leigh Ann Buziak, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
- Hon. Laurel Beeler, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Seth Gerber, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Kate Ellis Lazarus, Partner, Kwun Bhansali Lazarus
Daniel’s first session, “International Trade Secret Enforcement and Protection,” will take place on Monday, October 6, from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
At its Annual Meeting in September 2024, The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets decided to create a Brainstorming Group to address the topics of international trade secret enforcement and protection. Members of that Brainstorming Group will discuss the status of their work. This panel will also provide an update on recent developments in international trade secret litigation.
Speakers:
- Daniel Saeedi, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
- Jeff A. Pade, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP
Daniel will also speak on the “Sharing Trade Secrets with Other Organizations” panel on Tuesday, October 7, from 9:10 to 9:45 a.m.
This Drafting Team will present its final version of its Commentary exploring the ways in which both a disclosing party and a receiving party can mitigate their trade secret infringement risk by using contractual, physical and technological tools to avoid claims of misappropriation. Following this meeting, and consideration of meeting comments, this Commentary will be submitted to The Sedona Conference Journal for publication.
Speakers:
- Dean Pelletier, Founder, Pelletier Law, LLC
- Cameron Fine, Partner, DLA Piper LLP
- Hon. Allison Goddard, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- Amber Harezlak, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Dina Hayes, Partner, Arnold & Porter
- Daniel Saeedi, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
About the Sedona Conference
The Sedona Conference (“TSC”) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) research and educational institute dedicated to the advanced study of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation, intellectual property rights, and data security and privacy law. The mission of TSC is to move the law forward in a reasoned and just way through the creation and publication of nonpartisan consensus commentaries and through advanced legal education for the bench and bar.
To learn more, please visit the event webpage.