For the first time, employers have been empowered with a private federal cause of action for the misappropriation of a company’s trade secrets.Dubbed the Defend Trade Secrets Act, the new law will provide employers with a clear path to bring actions for unfair competition whenever the employer’s trade secrets are at issue.Specifically, the law allows for the imposition of injunctive relief, including restraints on subsequent employment where reasonably necessary to protect disclosure of sensitive trade secrets …