Whether it's hydraulic fracturing fluid ingredients, customer lists, geologic and seismic data or employee know-how, energy companies routinely face trade secret issues. With the enactment of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act in 2016, energy companies have an additional tool to help them safeguard against misappropriation of their proprietary information.

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