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Oct. 9, 2024

Secrets, specifics, and section 2019.210

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California's section 2019.210 requires plaintiffs to identify trade secrets with "reasonable particularity" before discovery, impacting both state and federal cases.

Ryan S. Landis

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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Email: rlandis@grsm.com

University of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA

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Kathleen Messinger

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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Secrets, specifics, and section 2019.210

Trade secret litigators in California know that one of the most hotly contested issues in any California trade secret case is the requirement in Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210 that a plaintiff must identify its trade secrets with "reasonable particularity" before taking discovery. Some recent decisions suggest that litigators may need to consider these procedures more broadly.

Code of Civil Procedure section 2019.210, originally codified as section 2036.2 in 19...

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