After our last article in which our Francesca La Rocca Sena expressed her views, on ItaliaOggi we return once again to the subject of trade secrets and the theft of confidential information, a growing phenomenon driven by digitalisation, as our Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi points out, explaining how mediation, arbitration and out-of-court settlements are often the most efficient way to resolve disputes that arise in these areas, saving companies and professionals time-consuming and costly legal proceedings.