18 U.S.C. § 1838
Construction with other laws
Except as provided in section 1833(b), this chapter shall not be construed to preempt or displace any other remedies, whether civil or criminal, provided by United States Federal, State, commonwealth, possession, or territory law for the misappropriation of a trade secret, or to affect the otherwise lawful disclosure of information by any Government employee under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2019–2026 · leading case: Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius, Ltd. v. the TriZetto Grp.
Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius, Ltd. v. the TriZetto Grp. (2023)
“25 23 See 18 U.S.C. § 1838 (“[T]his chapter shall not be construed to preempt or displace any other remedies, whether civil or criminal, provided by United States Federal, State, commonwealth, possession, or territory law for the misappropriation of a trade secret .”
Authority to Obtain and Share Statewide Voter Roll Data (2026)
“, 18 U.S.C. § 1838; 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-19(c)(4), “Congress did not add any language limiting the breadth of that word,” Gonzales, 520 U.”
M.M.A. Design LLC v. Capella Space Corporation (2019)
“18 U.S.C. § 1838 . information derived solely from the terms of the parties’ Confidentiality Agreement, and thus, MMA’s common-law claims would be preempted by its breach of contract claim.”
HESKA CORPORATION v. QORVO US, INC. (2020)
“Unlike some other federal statutes that govern forms of intellectual property such as the Copyright Act,4 the DTSA does not displace or preempt state law governing protection of trade secrets, with one exception which is not relevant in this case.”
PRCM Advisers LLC v. Two Harbors Investment Corp. (2021)
“18 U.S.C. § 1838 , 143 int'l Bus. Machines Corp.”
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Stolfi (2024)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 1838 . As for § 1833(a)(1), PhRMA argues that “[t]his sort of broadly worded saving clause ‘does not bar the ordinary working of conflict preemption principles.”
Silverthorne v. Sterling Seismic (2025)
“See 18 U.S.C. § 1838 . 21 Case: 24-20006 Document: 85-1 Page: 22 Date Filed: 01/03/2025 No.”
Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech, Inc. (2025)
“See 18 U.S.C. § 1838 (providing that DTSA “shall not be construed to preempt or displace” state remedies).”
Incat Crowther America, L.L.C. v. Birdon America, Inc. (2025)
“18 U.S.C. § 1838 (3); La. Rev. Stat. § 51:1431(4).”
AGI SureTrack, LLC v. OPISystems Inc., Integris USA, LLC, Seth Tackett, and Adam Weiss (2026)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 1838 . The court agrees with Plaintiff that if DTSA expressly states it does not preempt state law misappropriation claims involving trade secrets, it likewise would not preempt state law misappropriation claims involving non-trade secrets.”
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