Trade secrets.

The 1998 supplement to Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, published by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., incorporates recent changes in this array of laws.

For each state, the supplement provides a complete update of 1996 and 1997 case law interpreting the definitional and other issues critical to trade secret litigation, the text of the relevant civil and criminal statutes as amended during the same period, detailed guidance on exemption from disclosure, and the policy considerations underlying case and statutory law developments. It also has more than 60 topics not covered in the main edition including inevitable disclosure doctrine, choice/conflict of law, preemption, independent development, joint misappropriation, memorized information, modifications and derivations, and negative information.

Appendixes are word-for-word comparisons of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the statutes of those jurisdictions, including Florida, that have been amended, repealed, or replaced in 1996 or 1997.

Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, 1998 Supplement (920 pages) may be ordered from BNA Books, P.O. Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814; telephone [phone]. It sells for $125 plus tax, shipping, and handling.