LD 1567
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2.__Trade secret violation.__A person may not use to that person's
own advantage or reveal to other than the commissioner or officers
of the department or to the courts when relevant in any judicial
proceeding information acquired under the authority of this
subchapter concerning a method, record, formulation or process that
as a trade secret is entitled to protection.__A person who violates
this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not
less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged.__This
prohibition does not prohibit the commissioner or the
commissioner's duly authorized agent from exchanging information of
a regulatory nature with duly appointed officials of the United
States Government or of other states who are similarly prohibited
by law from revealing this information.

 
3.__Application.__This subchapter may not be construed as
requiring the commissioner or the commissioner's agent to cause
suit to be brought or institute seizure proceedings or issue a
withdrawal from distribution order as a result of minor
violations of this subchapter or when the commissioner believes
that the public interest will best be served by suitable notice
of warning in writing.

 
4.__Process.__The authorities to whom a violation is reported
shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in a court
of competent jurisdiction without delay.__Before the commissioner
reports a violation for suit to be brought, the distributor must
have an opportunity to present the distributor's view to the
commissioner.

 
5.__Injunction.__The commissioner is authorized to apply for
and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction
restraining a person from violating or continuing to violate this
subchapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this
subchapter notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at
law.__This injunction must be issued without bond.

 
6.__Review.__A person adversely affected by an act, order or
ruling made pursuant to this subchapter may bring action within
45 days after that act, order or ruling in the Superior Court in
the county of the enforcement official's office for judicial
review of the actions. The form of the proceeding must be any
that may be provided by statute of the State to review decisions
of administrative agencies or, in the absence or inadequacy of
such a form, any applicable form of legal action, including


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