Skill

legalcode-trade-secret-audit

Audit an organization's trade secret protection program against US DTSA (18 U.S.C. §§ 1836–1839), state UTSA variations, and EU Trade Secrets Directive 2016/943. Conducts a comprehensive crown-jewels identification, reasonable-measures gap analysis, contractual portfolio review, employee-departure-protocol assessment, and litigation-readiness evaluation. Produces a severity-scored findings register, prioritized remediation roadmap, and Glass Box audit trail. Use when assessing trade secret program strength before litigation, M&A due diligence, regulatory review, or proactive compliance improvement. Also triggers for: "trade secret audit," "reasonable measures assessment," "crown jewels identification," "trade secret protection review," "inevitable disclosure analysis," "DTSA compliance check," "EU Trade Secrets Directive gap analysis," "employee departure trade secret risk," "misappropriation risk assessment," or "trade secret litigation readiness."