Episode 17: The Lifecycle of Trade Secret Protection featuring Raluca David

In this episode of the Reasonable Measures podcast, Chris Buntel is joined by Raluca Davidof Insight Contracts Law Firm in France for an international discussion on a deceptively tricky issue: drawing the line between an employee’s professional expertise, a company’s confidential know-how, and legally protected trade secrets. Together they unpack why this distinction matters, especially in biotech and medtech industries where highly specialized expertise can blur boundaries, and how companies can map, train, and govern information effectively. The conversation covers the role of HR in onboarding and offboarding, the importance of repeated training and awareness, and how proactive mapping of knowledge creates both external benefits such as investor confidence and monetization opportunities and internal benefits such as avoiding duplication, saving time, and enabling smoother employee transitions.