Algorithmic Trade Secrets and Employee Mobility: Navigating Misappropriation Risks in Modern Tech Workflows

Introduction When we think about the idea of a trade secret, we think of locked filing cabinets, restricted laboratories or a small circle of trusted employees but the truth is that this image is now outdated. In today’s contemporary technology-driven businesses, the most valuable confidential assets are often algorithms which are decision-making models, recommendation engines, optimisation logic, and machine-learning workflows that exist primarily as code, data structures, and tacit...