Worker Convicted Of Stealing Secrets Has No Luck At 9th Circ. <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1783013?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e02-b7d8-a89ca44ecaf4&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2024-01-09&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=8> By Andrew Karpan The only employee of a Santa Clara, California, chipmaker to be convicted for involvement in a scheme to steal trade secrets in order to launch a startup has failed to convince a federal appeals court that he shouldn't have to face three years of probation and pay a fine, because he had problems using the files he was found guilty of stealing. Opinion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1783013?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e02-b7d8-a89ca44ecaf4&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2024-01-09&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=8> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1783013?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e02-b7d8-a89ca44ecaf4&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2024-01-09&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=8>