Partners Christine Adams and Tony Brown Contribute Guest Column on Economic Espionage Conviction

What can defense counsel learn from a recent ruling that overturned economic espionage convictions? In a guest column for the Daily Journal, ADK partners Christine Adams and Tony Brown review last month's decision in United States v. Ding, N.D. Cal. Case No. 24-cr-VC, which acquitted a defendant on every count of economic espionage while affirming the jury's theft of trade secrets guilty verdicts. Economic espionage requires proof that a person intended or knew that stealing trade secrets would benefit a foreign government. As Christine and Tony note, the Ding ruling offers an important lesson for practitioners about how timing and technical savvy can impact proof of that element.

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