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Supreme Court of North Carolina· 4/6/2018

Krawiec v. Manly

Citations

  • 811 S.E.2d 542
  • 370 N.C. 602

Syllabus

Interlocutory appeal from N.C. Business Court order granting defendants' motions to dismiss certain claims under Civil Procedure Rule 12(b)(6).

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that plaintiffs did not properly identify customer lists as trade secrets where plaintiffs failed to allege “that the lists contained any information that would not be readily accessible to defendants”
  • concluding that identification of trade secrets as “original ideas and concepts for dance productions, marketing strategies and tactics, as well as student, client and customer lists and their contact information” was insufficiently particular
  • holding that “a complaint that makes general allegations in sweeping and conclusory statements, without specifically identifying the trade secrets allegedly misappropriated, is insufficient to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets” (cleaned up)
  • holding that “a complaint that makes general allegations in sweeping and conclusory statements, without specifically identifying the trade secrets allegedly misappropriated, is insufficient to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets” (cleaned up)
  • holding that a plaintiff’s mere “expectation of confidentiality[,]” without allegations of a “method, plan or other act by which [plaintiff] attempted to maintain the secrecy of the alleged trade secrets[,]” was insufficient under Rule 12(b)(6)
  • holding “information regarding . . . pricing formulas and bidding formulas can qualify as a trade secret”

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Judges: Jackson, Beasley

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