Stephen Riden | Beck Reed Riden LLP

Stephen Riden is a founding partner of Beck Reed Riden LLP

His practice is in commercial litigation, and he represents corporate and individual clients in a wide array of commercial disputes across the country, and his primary focus is litigating trade secrets related matters. Over the past year, he has worked on myriad actions in state and federal courts involving trade secret issues, including representing several key witnesses in a jury trial that resulted in an award of more than $2 billion in damages for trade secret misappropriation.

Steve was the 2020 President of the Board of Directors for the Boston College Law School Alumni Association. He is an editorial board member of the Boston Bar Journal, following serving a two-year term as its chair, and a one-year term as its co-chair. Previously, Steve was the Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Business and Commercial Litigation Section.

I. What must plaintiffs prove to establish a tortious interference claim? | 2:00pm – 2:15pm

II. What are the potential defenses to defeat tortious interference claims? | 2:15pm – 2:30pm

III. What damages are available to prevailing plaintiffs in tortious interference cases? | 2:30pm – 2:45pm

IV. How do tortious interference claims overlap with related employment, unfair competition, and defamation claims? | 2:45pm – 3:00pm