Case: Trade Secrets/Procedure (Tex.)

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a trial court abused its discretion by finding that the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act provides a separate pathway for sealing court records, to which Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a doesn’t apply. HouseCanary Inc., which makes technology that estimates the current and future value of residential real estate, entered into a licensing agreement that allowed Title Source Inc. to evaluate and ultimately use its appraisal technology, but the parties later disputed the terms of the agreement, and this litigation ensued. Post-trial, the trial court granted HouseCanary’s motion to seal certain exhibits under TUTSA, ...