SCOTX Scrutinizes a 30-Year-Old Rule on Trade Secrets

The Texas Supreme Court is poised to determine the future of a 30-year old procedural rule that presumes court records are open to the public and how it should apply in trade secrets litigation.

HouseCanary v. Title Source – submitted to the court in late October — concerns whether a post-trial trade-secrets sealing order under a state statute conflicts with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a, which requires public notice of a party’s request to seal court records.