Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.005 · Chapter 134A. TRADE SECRETS
ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party if:
(1) a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith;
(2) a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or
(3) willful and malicious misappropriation exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 953), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 37 (H.B. 1995), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.134A.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c3043ba5ce826485c140dde439ee722179851538981fe6307ca49e7f0a55c166
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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