I find the sentiment of the article's title very disingenuous. The distinction between moving a person's experience from one company to another, and a trove of

I find the sentiment of the article's title very disingenuous. The distinction between moving a person's experience from one company to another, and a trove of documents has already been discussed here. But the second thing is that's not the indictment that could be stifling innovation, it's the laws that forbid it. If you think trade secrets stifle innovation, blame that laws, not the prosecutor how does his job, or the company that tries to apply existing laws.