State High Court: Records With Trade Secrets Not Excluded From Disclosure

Mealey's (June 8, 2018, 3:03 PM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — Records containing trade secrets are not categorically excluded from public disclosure under Washington’s Public Records Act (PRA), and a state superior court erred in applying the state’s general injunction standard and not the PRA’s “more stringent standard,” a divided Washington Supreme Court ruled May 31 in reversing and remanding (Lyft Inc. et al. v.  Seattle, et al., No. 94026-6, Wash. Sup., 2018 Wash. LEXIS 350)....

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