Litigators know it is generally not easy to recover attorneys’ fees in defense of a trade secret misappropriation action. The Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) permits a court.
The Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act permits a court to award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the defendant when a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith,may be established by circumstantial evidence, Bad faith standard must show the claim was without a colorable basis