Bradford Newman

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Palo Alto

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Biography

Bradford Newman is a litigation partner resident in Baker McKenzie's Palo Alto Office and Chair of the North America Trade Secrets Practice. According to Chambers USA, Brad is a "recognized authority on trade secrets cases" who "is valued for his tenacious, intelligent and thoughtful approach to trade secrets matters." Bradford regularly serves as lead trial counsel in cases with potential eight and nine-figure liability, and has successfully litigated (both prosecuting and defending) a broad spectrum of trade secrets cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. He routinely advises and represents the world's leading technology, banking, professional service, manufacturing and commerce companies in connection with their most significant data protection and trade secret matters. Bradford is the author of Protecting Intellectual Property in the Age of Employee Mobility: Forms and Analysis, a comprehensive treatise published by ALM that offers authoritative guidance on legal risks and practical steps companies can take to protect their IP and remedy IP theft.

Practice Focus

Bradford specializes in matters related to trade secrets and Artificial Intelligence. He is the Chair of the AI Subcommittee of the ABA. Recognized by the Daily Journal in 2019 as one of the Top 20 AI attorneys in California, Bradford has been instrumental in proposing federal AI workplace and IP legislation that in 2018 was turned into a United States House of Representatives Discussion Draft bill. He has also developed AI oversight and corporate governance best practices designed to ensure algorithmic fairness.

Representative Legal Matters

Prior to joining the Firm, Bradford handled the following matters:

Represented the world’s largest ride-sharing company in a high profile trade secrets case filed by a competitor
Represented the world’s largest electronic game company in an interrelated series of lawsuits relating to the development of the best-selling Call of Duty video game series
Represented a major Hollywood studio accused of poaching a producer of Academy Award winning motion pictures
Represented Cypress Semiconductor in a multi-million dollar stock claim brought by a former employee and obtained a complete defense verdict at trial
Represented Zynga in the largest trade secret case in history of social gaming
Represented Thermo Fisher Scientific in several trade secret cases
Represented Agilent Technologies, Inc. in Delfino v. Agilent Technologies, Inc., 145 Cal.App.4th 790 (2006), creating new law under Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act

Professional Honors

Chambers USA (multiple years)
Legal 500 (multiple years)
Daily Journal Top 20 AI Attorney, 2019
Daily Journal Top 20 Trade Secrets Attorney, 2019

Professional Associations and Memberships

ABA Employment Litigation Subcommittee - Past Chair
ABA Business Law Section's National Annual Review - Founder and Editor, Employee Mobility, Restrictive Convenants and Trade Secrets Chapter
GiveLocally.net - Founder

Corporate Responsibility

Bradford is Founder of GiveLocally.net, which raises money for pre-screened families in need and delivers the assistance in-kind.

Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit~United States (1999)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit~United States (1997)
California~United States (1995)

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law (JD) (1995)
University of Pennsylvania (BA) (1992)

Languages

English

Publications

Author “Solving the DABUS problem,” Intellectual Property Magazine, June 2021
Author “Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence Cases,” AI Chapter from American Bar Association's Annual Review, June 2021
Author “Using AI to Make Hiring Decisions? Prepare for EEOC Scrutiny,” Bloomberg Law, January 2021
Author, "Societal Upheaval During the Covid-19 Pandemic Underscores The Need for New AI Data Regulations", TechCrunch, 2020
Author, "The right way to regulate artificial intelligence: The decision-based approach", Daily Journal, January 2020
Author, "Society Needs The Artificial Intelligence Data Protection Act Now", TechCrunch, 2018

Firm Committee Memberships

North America Trade Secrets Practice - Chair

Baker & McKenzie LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership organized under the laws of the State of Illinois (USA) and is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Verein organized under the laws of Switzerland.