The Texas Legislature adopted the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (TUTSA), effective Sept. 1. The act is, no doubt, a blockbuster. It blows away years of common law civil remedies for trade secret misappropriation; just check out Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code §134A.007.

Let’s take a look at a few places where TUTSA impacts a fairly common scenario for trade-secret theft: when a key employee defects to a competitor.