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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XV REGULATION OF TRADE
  4. Chapter 93 REGULATION OF TRADE AND CERTAIN ENTERPRISES
  5. Section 42E Trade secrets; statute of limitations

Section 42E

Section 42E: Trade secrets; statute of limitations

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec. 70.]

Section 42E. An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of sections 42 to 42G, inclusive, a continuing disclosure or use constitutes a single claim.