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K.S.A. § 60-432 (2026)

Trade secret

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60-432. Trade secret. The owner of a trade secret has a privilege, which may be claimed by the owner or his or her agent or employee, to refuse to disclose the secret and to prevent other persons from disclosing it if the judge finds that the allowance of the privilege will not tend to conceal fraud or otherwise work injustice.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-432; January 1, 1964.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2015 · leading case: In Re Cont'l Gen. Tire, Inc., 979 S.W.2d 609 (Tex. 1998).
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In Re Cont'l Gen. Tire, Inc., 979 S.W.2d 609 (Tex. 1998). · cites it 2× “508; Kan Stat. Ann. § 60-432 (1997); La Code Evid.”
Sw. Bell Tel. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 629 P.2d 1174 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 60-432 provides: “The owner of a trade secret has a privilege, which may be claimed by the owner or his or her agent or employee, to refuse to disclose the secret and to prevent other persons from disclosing it if the judge finds that the allowance of the privilege will…”
McKellips v. Kumho Tire Co., 305 F.R.D. 655 (D. Kan. 2015). · cites it 2× “34 Like Florida, Kansas has a statute, K.S.A. 60-432, which allows the owner of a trade secret “to refuse to disclose the secret and to prevent other persons from disclosing it if the [court] finds that the allowance of the privilege will not tend to conceal fraud or otherwise…”
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