New Arena For Trade Secret Disputes: Pot

The rapidly evolving commercial marijuana business has begun to see trade secret claims (re: “propagation” and “lighting protocol,” among other things) and some business vs business trade secret disputes. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorneys  Michael Weil and David Keenan survey the field, which is complicated by the fact the product at every level of the production-to-consumption chain remains illegal under federal law.