No employee of another, who in the course and within the scope of his employment receives any confidential matter or information, shall knowingly, without the consent of his employer, furnish or disclose such matter or information to any person not privileged to acquire it.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1333.81
Confidentiality of information
Known as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
The act spans §§ 1333–1333 (67 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Basicomputer Corp. v. Scott (1991)
Most recently applied in 118 F. Supp. 2d 848 - Avery Dennison Corp. v. Kitsonas (October 2000)
Effective: January 1, 1974; Latest Legislation: House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
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: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.