David S. Levine

Elon University School of Law

Associate Professor

201 N. Greene Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

United States

http://hearsayculture.com

Stanford University - Center for Internet and Society

Affiliate Scholar

Palo Alto, CA 94305-8610

United States

http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/levine/

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Don't Break the Internet

Stanford Law Review Online, Vol. 64, p. 34, December 2011, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1978989
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 04 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2014
Mark A. Lemley, David S. Levine and David G. Post
Stanford Law School, Elon University School of Law and Independent
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Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure

Florida Law Review
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 May 2006 Last Revised: 15 May 2014
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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Internet, trade secrets, infrastructure, secrecy, transparency, accountability, intellectual property

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Bring in the Nerds: Secrecy, National Security and the Creation of International Intellectual Property Law

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, p. 105, 2012
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 25 May 2012
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, TPP, national security, FOIA, freedom of information, copyright, international law, sunshine

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Professors’ Letter in Opposition to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (S. 1890, H.R. 3326)

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
Eric Goldman, David S. Levine, Sharon K. Sandeen and Christopher B. Seaman
Santa Clara University - School of Law, Elon University School of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Washington and Lee University School of Law
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trade secrets, innovation, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, intellectual property

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The DTSA at One: An Empirical Study of the First Year of Litigation Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

53 Wake Forest Law Review 106 (2018), Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2018-03
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 20 May 2018
David S. Levine and Christopher B. Seaman
Elon University School of Law and Washington and Lee University School of Law
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trade secrets, trade secrecy, misappropriation, intellectual property, IP, information, cybersecurity, cyberespionage, innovation, DTSA, Defend Trade Secrets Act, empirical, litigation, remedies, preliminary injunction, TRO, patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition

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The Social Layer of Freedom of Information Law

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 101, 2012
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2014
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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freedom of information, social media, transparency, accountability, FOIA, bailout

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The Impact of Trade Secrecy on Public Transparency

THE LAW AND THEORY OF TRADE SECRECY: A HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, Rochelle C. Dreyfuss and Katherine J. Strandburg, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2014
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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trade secrets, FOIA, transparency, accountability, Diebold, Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, government, deliberative democracy

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The People’s Trade Secrets?

Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2012
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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Why Do Startups Use Trade Secrets?

94 Notre Dame Law Review 751 (2018), San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-346
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2019
David S. Levine and Ted M. Sichelman
Elon University School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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trade secrets, startups, innovation, licensing, software, biotechnology, medical device, patents, intellectual property

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Transparency Soup: The ACTA Negotiating Process and ‘Black Box’ Lawmaking

American University International Law Review, 2011, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 05 May 2012
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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ACTA, BP, Corexit, TARP, Transparency, Accountability

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What Can the Uniform Trade Secrets Act Learn from the Bayh-Dole Act

Hamline Law Review, Vol. 33, Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-02
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2014
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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Confidentiality Creep and Opportunistic Privacy

20 Tulane Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property 11 (2017)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2018
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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confidentiality, privacy, secrecy, algorithm, autonomous car, algorithm, information, social media, Facebook, Google, Uber

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Ten Challenges in Technology and Intellectual Property Law for 2015

Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal Vol. 15, No. 4, 2015
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2015
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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intellectual property, copyright, keyword advertising, software patents, trade secrecy, TPP

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Trade Secrets and Climate Change: Uncovering Secret Solutions to the Problem of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change, Chapter 17, (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Sep 2014
Sharon K. Sandeen and David S. Levine
Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Elon University School of Law
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trade secret law, government transparency, global warming, climate change

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Here Come the Trade Secret Trolls

Washington & Lee Law Review Online, Volume 71, Issue 4 (2015), Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-02
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Mar 2015
David S. Levine and Sharon K. Sandeen
Elon University School of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law
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trade secrets, cybersecurity, cyberespionage, information systems, Economic Espionage Act, federal

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Intellectual Property Law Without Secrets

THE LAW OF THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF LAW: VOLUME II, p. 337, Sam Muller, Stavros Zouridis, Morly Frishman and Laura Kistemaker, eds., Torkel Opsahl, 2012
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Jan 2013
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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ACTA, TPP, secrecy, international law, intellectual property

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School Boy's Tricks: Reasonable Cybersecurity and the Panic of Law Creation

Washington and Lee Law Review Online, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Dec 2015
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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trade secrets, innovation, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, intellectual property, reasonable efforts

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trade secrets, innovation, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, intellectual property, Defend Trade Secrets Act

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Professors' Letter in Opposition to the 'Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014' (S. 2267) and the 'Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014' (H.R. 5233)

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
David S. Levine and Sharon K. Sandeen
Elon University School of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law
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trade secrets, innovation, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, intellectual property

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Law Professors' Second Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Trade Secrets Letter

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Dec 2013
David S. Levine and Mary L. Lyndon
Elon University School of Law and St. John's University - School of Law
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hydraulic fracturing, fracking, trade secrets, transparency, environment, health, safety

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An Open Letter to the Sponsors of the Revised Defend Trade Secrets Act

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
David S. Levine and Sharon K. Sandeen
Elon University School of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law
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trade secrets, innovation, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, intellectual property

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Wisdom, Not Noise: The Law Professor as Policy Influencer

Wake Forest Law Review Online, Vol. 7, 2017 , Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2916374
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2017
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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policy, advocacy, law, professions

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What Can We Do on Monday to Improve Our Teaching?

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Dec 2013
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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generative learning, teaching, scholarship, service, pedogogy

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Lyndon and Levine BLM Trade Secrets Comment

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Dec 2013
Mary L. Lyndon and David S. Levine
St. John's University - School of Law and Elon University School of Law
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hydraulic fracturing, fracking, trade secrets, transparency, environment, health, safety

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The 'Deep Freeze' in the Lower Federal Court Confirmation Process

Holy Cross Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1998
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jun 2011
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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Professors' Letter in Opposition to The 'Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act' (S. 754)

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
David S. Levine
Elon University School of Law
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cybersecurity, hacking, cyberlaw, trade secrets