This Law Firm Publication by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. discusses the Connecticut Supreme Court's recent holding in University of Connecticut v. Freedom of Information Commission that a public agency may create and maintain trade secrets that are exempt from disclosure under Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The decision gives public agencies, including public universities, the same rights as a private person to profit from research, investment and development of trade secrets under the Connecticut Uniform Trade Secrets Act.