Massachusetts § 42C Trade secrets; attorney's fees and costs

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 42C — Trade secrets; attorney's fees and costs

Massachusetts § 42C

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 93REGULATION OF TRADE AND CERTAIN ENTERPRISES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 42C (2026).

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[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec. 70.] Section 42C. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party if:

(i)a claim of misappropriation is made or defended in bad faith, (ii) a motion to enter or to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or (iii) willful and malicious misappropriation exists. In considering such an award, the court may take into account the claimant's specification of trade secrets and the proof that such alleged trade secrets were misappropriated.

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

Section 42C. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party if: (i) a claim of misappropriation is made or defended in bad faith, (ii) a motion to enter or to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or (iii) willful and malicious misappropriation exists. In considering such an award, the court may take into account the claimant's specification of trade secrets and the proof that such alleged trade secrets were misappropriated.