SAN FRANCISCO — Plaintiffs in trade secret litigation got a little more appellate guidance Thursday on how detailed they must be when seeking to establish that something should be protected.
While trial courts can abuse their discretion by requiring too much particularity in trade-secret statements, a state appeal court ruled Thursday, judges still have broad discretion to demand more information.The 26-page ruling by Santa Ana’s Fourth District Court of Appeal attempts to put a finer point on decisions by two separate panels of a sister appellate court that seemed to undermine trial judges’ discretion.
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