Evid. Code, § 1060 · Article 11. Trade Secret

Evid. Code, § 1060

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

If he or his agent or employee claims the privilege, the owner of a trade secret has a privilege to refuse to disclose the secret, and to prevent another from disclosing it, if the allowance of the privilege will not tend to conceal fraud or otherwise work injustice.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EVID&sectionNum=1060.
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Cited by 13 provisions

Provisions in this library whose text cites Evid. Code, § 1060. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

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Pub. Resources Code, § 3160Printed as Section 1060 of the Evidence Code

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