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Anna Z. Saber is a counsel in the San Francisco office of Crowell & Moring, where she is a member of the Litigation Group.

Anna has experience representing clients in state and federal courts in technology-related litigation involving trade secret and trademark misappropriation, copyright infringement and DMCA, cybersecurity and digital crimes, and complex commercial matters. Anna also has experience representing clients in employment disputes.

Using the insights gained through her litigation practice, Anna also has a counseling practice in which she helps clients establish sound licensing agreements to meet their business goals. She provides counsel on matters related to technology transactions, IP protection, and drafting and negotiating commercial and intellectual property agreements for companies ranging from start-ups to market leaders.

Anna’s pro bono practice includes voting rights and wrongful conviction matters.

While at SCU Law, she competed in trial team and moot court, including a second-place finish at the Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition. Anna was also a member of the Santa Clara Law Review board, where she served as senior managing editor. A Bay Area native, she enjoys giving back to her local community. Most recently, she has been a co-coach for a high school mock trial team competing in the Santa Clara County High School Mock Trial Program.

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A recent decision by the Second Circuit reminds litigants that a party asserting a trade secret misappropriation claim under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), or New York law, must detail in a pleading “the “reasonable measures” employed to maintain the secrecy of the alleged trade secret. In Turret Labs USA, Inc. v. CargoSprint, LLC, No. 21-952, Dkt. No 106-1 (2nd Cir. Mar. 9, 2022), the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court’s grant of a motion to dismiss, concluding that plaintiff Turret Labs failed to adequately allege that reasonable measures were taken because, although there was an agreement giving the plaintiff’s customer exclusive access to the alleged trade secret, this agreement (as well as all surrounding security policy documents) failed to contractually obligate the customer to maintain confidentiality of the alleged secret.Continue Reading Second Circuit Reminds Practitioners That A Plausible Claim for Trade Secret Misappropriation Must Detail the Reasonable Measures Used to Protect the Alleged Secret