MORLIFE, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LLOYD PERRY et al., Defendants and Appellants., 56 Cal. App. 4th 1514

Summary

Plaintiff claimed that after defendants left its employment, they used its customer lists to solicit business for themselves in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 3426 et seq. Defendants argued they had a right to compete with their previous employer and that plaintiff had failed to prove they misappropriated trade secrets. The court affirmed the lower court's judgment for the plaintiff because the trial court's finding that defendants used plaintiff's customer lists to compete unfairly was fully supported by the evidence. The court held that monetary and injunctive relief were warranted because the customer lists were of economic value to plaintiff and not generally known to the public.