Advertisement Actual Use Required: What a Plaintiff Must Allege Under New Jersey’s Computer Related Offenses and Trade Secrets Acts Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Most states offer statutory remedies for offenses relating to unauthorized access or computer-related information or trade secrets. New Jersey is one such state, and a recent case illustrates specific pitfalls with pleading claims under these acts. Read on to learn CPW’s take. In Display Uk v. Ground Support Labs, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 323, at *15 (N.J. Sup. Ct. Feb. 26, 2021), the plaintiffs were two digital signage and consumer engagement companies. The defendants consisted of several of their former employees that left and started their own companies doing similar work, as well as the new companies themselves. The individual defendants included former presidents and vice presidents of sales or other positions that supposedly would have enabled them to access the plaintiffs’ confidential information, such as trade secrets.