In any action alleging the misappropriation of a trade secret under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (Title 5 (commencing with Section 3426) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Civil Code), before commencing discovery relating to the trade secret, the party alleging the misappropriation shall identify the trade secret with reasonable particularity subject to any orders that may be appropriate under Section 3426.5 of the Civil Code.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 2019.210
Methods and Sequence of Discovery in Specific Contexts
Known as the Civil Discovery Act
The act spans §§ 2016–2036 (216 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Aqua-Lung America, Inc. v. American Underwater Products, Inc. (2010)
Most recently applied in WeRide Corp. v. Kun Huang (March 2019)
Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.