Effect on other law
Known as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
The act spans §§ 688–688 (9 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 131 F. Supp. 3d 1291 - GlobalOptions Services, Inc. v. North American Training Group, Inc. (2015)
Most recently applied in 390 F. Supp. 3d 1341 - Rxstrategies, Inc. v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (May 2019)
History.--s. 8, ch. 88-254; s. 20, ch. 91-110.
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.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), ss. 688.001-688.009 displace conflicting tort, restitutory, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret.
(2) This act does not affect:
(a) Contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret;
(b) Other civil remedies that are not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or
(c) Criminal remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.