7 U.S.C. § 2157 : US Code - Section 2157: Release of trade secrets

Search 7 U.S.C. § 2157 : US Code - Section 2157: Release of trade secrets

(a) Release of confidential information prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any member of an Institutional Animal
Committee to release any confidential information of the research
facility including any information that concerns or relates to - 
(1) the trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or
apparatus; or
(2) the identity, confidential statistical data, amount or
source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures,
of the research facility.
(b) Wrongful use of confidential information prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any member of such Committee - 
(1) to use or attempt to use to his advantages; or
(2) to reveal to any other person,
any information which is entitled to protection as confidential
information under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Penalties
A violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is
punishable by - 
(1) removal from such Committee; and
(2)(A) a fine of not more than $1,000 and imprisonment of not
more than one year; or
(B) if such violation is willful, a fine of not more than
$10,000 and imprisonment of not more than three years.
(d) Recovery of damages by injured person; costs; attorney's fee
Any person, including any research facility, injured in its
business or property by reason of a violation of this section may
recover all actual and consequential damages sustained by such
person and the cost of the suit including a reasonable attorney's
fee.
(e) Other rights and remedies
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any other
rights of a person injured in its business or property by reason of
a violation of this section. Subsection (d) of this section shall
not be construed to limit the exercise of any such rights arising
out of or relating to a violation of subsections (a) and (b) of
this section.