A Few Facts About The...

UNIFORM TRADE SECRETS ACT

PURPOSE:
Providing states with a legal framework for improved trade secret protection to industry.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 1979, and amended in 1985.

ENDORSED BY:
American Bar Association

STATE ADOPTIONS OF 1979 UTSA:

Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Indiana
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Washington

 

 

ADOPTIONS WITH 1985 AMENDMENTS:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota

Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

2010 INTRODUCTIONS:
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York




 

For any further information regarding the Uniform Trade Secrets Act,
please contact Kieran Marion or Katie Robinson at 312-450-6600.

 
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Chicago, Illinois 60602

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