This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Trade Secrets Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 39-8-10
Short title
Known as the South Carolina Trade Secrets Act
The act spans §§ 39–39 (13 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Laffitte v. Bridgestone Corp. (2009)
Most recently applied in Hartsock v. Goodyear Dunlop Tires N. Am. Ltd. (April 2018)
1992 Act No. 437, SECTION 3, eff June 15, 1992; 1997 Act No. 38, SECTION 1, eff May 21, 1997.
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: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.