(a) General rule. A person has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, a trade secret that the person owns. (b) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege may be claimed by: (1) The person who owns the trade secret; (2) The person's agent; or (3) The person's employee. (c) Exceptions. The trade secrets privilege does not apply if it will conceal fraud or otherwise work injustice. If the court directs that the trade secret be disclosed, it must take measures to protect the interests of the trade secret's owner, the other parties, and justice.Adopted effective 1/1/2015.Maine Restyling Note [November 2014]
Maine Rule 507 has been restyled in accordance with the federal restyling conventions, and, as part of this process, the Committee has proposed some minor, nonsubstantive changes to clarify the Rule.
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