Profile

For 30 years, Mr. Wiseman has practiced exclusively in the fields of trade secrets, unfair competition, and employee mobility. Mr. Wiseman is the Co-Chair of Buchalter's Trade Secret and Employee Mobility Practice Group.

Since 2021, Dylan has been recognized by the Daily Journal, California's legal industry newspaper, as among the Top Trade Secrets Lawyers in California. He is nationally recognized by London-based IAM (Intellectual Asset Management) for trade secret litigation. In 2023, IAM tapped Mr. Wiseman as its exclusive commentator on trade secrets law for the United States. Mr. Wiseman has been recognized by the World Intellectual Property Review for trade secret litigation. In 2024, Mr. Wiseman spoke via Zoom at the United States Patent & Trademark Office's trade secrets conference in Bangkok, Thailand for the Association of South East Asian Nations. In 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office tapped Mr. Wiseman to present on the status of U.S. trade secrets at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation's trade secret workshop in Incheon, South Korea.

Mr. Wiseman represents businesses, on both the plaintiff and defense side in disputes involving:

Trade secrets

Unfair competition

Employee mobility and en masse departures

Antitrust claims

Disputes involving customer non-solicitation restrictions

He also counsels employers and start-ups regarding best practices for intellectual property.

Mr. Wiseman's diverse group of clients include:

Insurance brokerages

Venture capital, private equity, and investment banking firms

Aerospace companies

Artificial intelligence and machine learning companies

Mortgage banking firms

Biomedical device companies

Inventors

Professional service firms

Life sciences companies

Renewable and sustainable energy companies

Casinos

Healthcare companies

Sporting goods companies

Media outlets

Commercial banks

Mr. Wiseman has extensive jury trial experience. He has been lead trial counsel in several complex designated unfair competition jury trials, including an eight-week jury trial. Mr. Wiseman also has substantial first-chair experience in complex arbitrations.

Because of his trial experience, the California Lawyers Association asked Mr. Wiseman to be the sole author of the chapter on jury instructions in the treatise Trade Secret Litigation & Protection: A Practice Guide to the DTSA and CUTSA (4th Ed. 2021). Mr. Wiseman's chapter provides a comprehensive critique of the CACI 4400 series jury instructions used for trade secret claims.

Similarly recognizing Mr. Wiseman's two decades of trade secrets trial verdicts, he is a co-author of the Template Civil Jury Instructions Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, which was published in 2021 in the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal. In 2023, Mr. Wiseman joined The Sedona Conference - Working Group 12 (Trade Secrets), which is developing a set of pattern jury instructions for the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act.

Appearing in state and federal courts, Mr. Wiseman has extensive experience litigating disputes under:

The Uniform Trade Secrets Act

The Defend Trade Secrets Act

The Sherman Antitrust Act

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

California's Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code, section 17200

California's Business & Professions Code sections 16600 and 16601

California's intellectual property assignment provisions

California Penal Code section 502

California's employee duty loyalty provisions

On multiple occasions, Mr. Wiseman has taught continuing education seminars regarding trade secrets and unfair competition litigation for the State Bar of California's Labor and Employment Law Section. An award-winning lecturer, he has also taught continuing legal education seminars regarding intellectual property protection, social media and confidentiality, computer forensics, and eDiscovery.

In 2017, Mr. Wiseman opened the Sacramento office after working for a year to plan, organize, and recruit the other Sacramento attorneys. The Sacramento office now has over 40 resident lawyers.

Prior to joining Buchalter, Mr. Wiseman was a Shareholder for ten years at Littler Mendelson, the world's largest labor and employment law firm.

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Bar Admissions

California

Supreme Court of the United States

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Education
Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D.

University of California, Davis, B.A., with honors

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments

Litigation

  • Biomed devices. Represented company against competitor in trade secret and predatory hiring dispute in which half the national sales force left in one day.
  • DNA sequencing. Obtained partial dismissal after plaintiff ailed to identify trade secrets with reasonable particularity. Affirmed on appeal with by the Ninth Circuit.
  • Minimally invasive surgical devices. Represented startup and inventor in dispute over intellectual property assignment terms for post-termination inventions.
  • Biotherapeutics. Advised biotherapeutics firm on best practices to avoid trade secret misappropriation.
  • Medical equipment servicing. Represented regional client against multi-national competitor who claimed it had misappropriated trade secrets.
  • Medical staffing. Represented healthcare company in anti-trust dispute to enforce surgical contracts with joint venturer who sought to end staffing for program.
  • Healthcare. Represented company against competitor in trade secret and predatory hiring dispute.
  • Aerospace. Represented competitors in hard-fought trade secrets dispute, and obtained favorable resolution for defendants.
  • Clean energy. Obtained injunction on behalf of thermal transference firm after two scientists downloaded files and brought them to a competitor.
  • Ag-Tech. Represented defendants and counter-claimants who hired employees from a competitor that were accused of trade secret misappropriation.
  • Fin-Tech. Represented firm which claimed its investment algorithms were coped by a former employee.
  • Custom machining. Represented firm which had two employees leave and allegedly brought costing and pricing data to a direct competitor.
  • Sporting equipment. Represented custom racing ski firm against competitor who allegedly took its designs. Obtained preliminary injunction.
  • HVAC servicing. Represented former owner of business accused of violating restrictive covenants incident to the sale of the business.
  • Tactical gear. Represented company which claimed its supplier and design information were misappropriated when employee joined competitor.
  • Fashion. Represented jeans company which alleged that a former employee downloaded its future designs and left for a competitor.
  • Elevators. Represented company in multi-jurisdictional fight over covenants not to compete for senior executives.
  • Casinos. Obtained preliminary injunction against management company for casino who hired a host that allegedly misappropriated list of high-end customers.
  • Digital analytics and advertising. Represented start-up accused of exploiting trade secrets and obtained.
  • Digital and print media. Represented firm following the sale of business accused of trade secret misappropriation.
  • Subscription services. Represented data management firm which claimed a competitor had hacked its security measures to gain access to subscribers.
  • Mortgage lending. Represented mortgage lending firm which hired an employee from competitor and was accused of loading files to cloud-based storage.
  • Commercial banking. Represented bank which had several employees leave and allegedly took client information to a competitor.
  • Independent insurance agencies. Represented multiple local, national and global insurance brokerages and agencies in disputes involving producers leaving and soliciting customers. Extensive injunction and trial practice.
  • Commercial insurance. Represented numerous local and national insurance brokerages and agencies in disputes involving producers leaving and soliciting customers. Extensive injunction and trial practice.



Professional Activities and Experience


Articles

Trade Secrets Cases Center on Cloud

Dylan Wiseman Urges Employers to Use Highly Sophisticated Data Security Solutions

Protecting Confidential Information and Trade Secrets in a Tech Accelerator or Incubator

Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act: Are You in Compliance?

Steps Every Startup Should Take to Protect its Intellectual Property

Congress Passes Landmark IP Legislation: Defend Trade Secrets Act

New Labor Code Section Prevents Employers from Using Out-of-State Choice of Laws Provisions in Contracts with California Employees

Winds of Change: the NLRB Challenges Confidentiality Agreements and The Obama Administration's "Call to Action" to Prohibit Non-Compete Agreements

10 Ways to Improve Your Company's Odds in a Trade Secret Litigation Dispute

Biz Smarts: The legal hazards of your new sales hire's old customer relationships

Nine Ways to Upgrade Calif. Employee Confidentiality Agreement

Employee Nonsolicitation Terms Now Likely Void In California

Fees for bad faith in DTSA lawsuit

A Recent Ruling About the "Willful and Malicious" Standard for Plaintiff's Recovering Attorneys' Fees Under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act

An Introduction to California Trade Secrets Law

Viewpoint: A Road Map to Hiring Employees from Direct Competitors in California

California, Washington and Oregon agree UTSA applies to memory

A Patent For A Formula Does Not Destroy Trade Secret Status So Long As The Patent Does Not Disclose The "Process" For Applying The Trade Secret

California Plaintiffs May Prefer State Court For Trade Secret Claims

High Court Expands Protection on 'Confidential' Information Under Exemption 4 of FOIA

Republic FC's Major League Soccer Expansion: What Does It Really Mean for Sacramento?

California Supreme Court to Rule on Non-Competes Between Businesses and Interference Claims

California Supreme Court Clarifies Bounds of Legitimate Competition Under Tort and Antitrust Law

California Employers Should Modify the Definition of 'Confidential Information' to Avoid Operating as a Covenant Not to Compete

Template Civil Jury Instructions Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

Badges of Bad Faith in Trade Secret Litigation

Trade secrets - policy and latest developments

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the Association of Corporate Counsel

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the Los Angeles County Law Library

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Confidential Information

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Confidential Information

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Trade Secrets

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the State Bar of California

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the State Bar of California

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Social Media and Privacy in the work Place

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the Ohio Management Lawyers Association

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Social Media

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Legal Protections

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the State Bar of California

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Success

Dylan Wiseman, Speaks about Trade Secrets

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at Rocket Space

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the 41st Annual IP Institute

Dylan Wiseman and Larry Steinberg, Speakers at the LA Law Library

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the LA Law Library

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at Los Angeles Inns of Court

Speaker, Dylan Wiseman, "Tips and Tricks for IP Practitioners"

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the Los Angeles Inns of Court

Buchalter Connect: Lessons Learned from Waymo v. Uber and Other Trade Secret Litigation

Dylan Wiseman, Panelist at 2017 ING3NIOUS SoCal Information Governance Retreat

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at Women in eDiscovery Los Angeles Chapter Meeting

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at Public Works & Contracting Fall 2018 Study Section Conference

Buchalter Hosting New Year's Resolutions for California Employers

Buchalter Presents: StartUp Financing Bootcamp

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County

Dylan Wiseman, Presenter at United Valley Insurance Services Webinar

Dylan Wiseman, Keynote Speaker at the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce Virtual Lunch & Learn

Dylan Wiseman, Panelist at The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 Annual Meeting 2023

Dylan Wiseman Hosting a Roundtable at Centerforce IP Strategy Conference

Dylan Wiseman, Presenter at IAM LIVE Trade Secrets Strategy USA

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at ACC Sacramento Chapter

Dylan Wiseman, Presenter at 2024 IAM Live Trade Secret Strategy USA

Dylan Wiseman, Panelist at the ASEAN-USPTO Workshop

Dylan Wiseman, Presenter at 2025 IAM Live Trade Secret Strategy Europe

Webinar: Updates on Cannabis Regulations, Laws and How to Protect Your Blends, Strains, Recipes and Customer List

Webinar: Theft of Trade Secrets - Forensics Best Practices

Buchalter Webinar: Non-Compete Laws In the Workplace: Major Changes For California and the U.S. in 2024

Defend Trade Secrets Act

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 1

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 2

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 3

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 4

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 5

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 6

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 7

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 8

2019 Best Points: Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast Episode 10

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Special Edition - COVID-19

Protect Your Agency's Intellectual Property in an Era of Working at Home Under COVID-19

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: Forensics Analysis on Mobile Devices

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: California Federal Court Ruling May Be a First-Of-Its Kind Trade Secrets Under CCP 2019.210

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: White Collar Criminal Defense Intersects with Trade Secrets Law

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: THERANOS CASE: U.S. v. Holmes - Trade Secret Defense

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: Siry Investment, L.P. v. Farkondehpour

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: CACI 4420 and the "Readily Ascertainable" Defense

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: New Statute Expanding California's Prohibition of Non-Compete Agreements

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: Understanding California's New Employment Law: AB 1076 & Non-Compete Clauses

Navigating the FTC's Non-Compete Ban: Strategic Insights for Businesses

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: Beyond the Disappearing Act: Understanding Ephemeral Messaging

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: Insuring Secrets: Navigating Coverage in Trade Secret Disputes

How US employers can adapt to FTC ban on non-compete agreements

Dylan Wiseman, Presenter at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Trade Secret Litigation and Protection: A Practice Guide to the DTSA and CUTSA

Dylan Wiseman, Speaker at ACC Sacramento Chapter on August 25, 2025

Breaking the Chains: The Future of Restrictive Covenants in 2025

Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility Podcast: The Secret of the Wu-Tang Album: When Music Meets Trade Secrets

Dylan Wiseman, Presenter at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Trade secrets - policy and latest developments

Trade Secrets - litigation, policy and latest developments

Trade Secret & Employee Mobility Podcast: The $57 Million Reversal-Comet Technologies, the DTSA, and the Future of Trade Secret Litigation

9th Circ. Ruling Exposes A Flaw In Federal Trade Secrets Law

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