By Freny Patel ( June 26, 2026, 04:35 GMT | Comment) -- When the US Supreme Court declined Tata Consultancy Services' appeal, it left unresolved the most commercially significant question under the Defend Trade Secrets Act: whether avoided development costs alone can justify large trade-secret awards. It also prolonged uncertainty over trade-secret liability, forum shopping and damages across federal courts.The US Supreme Court's refusal to hear an appeal from Tata Consultancy Services, or TCS, does more than leave intact one of the largest trade-secret awards under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, or DTSA....
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