Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 1. SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES · Article 27. TRADE SECRETS

10-1-765. Protection of trade secret during action.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

In an action under this article, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret without prior court approval.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 10-1-765, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1560, § 1.

For article, “Executive Secrecy: Congress, the People, and the Courts,” see 72 Emory L.J. 1301 (2023).

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