Office Mates 5, North Shore, Inc. v. Hazen

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• holding that client information is not a trade secret where it can be obtained by asking questions designed to elicit the information requested
• client information was not a trade secret where it could be obtained by asking questions designed to elicit the information requested
• factor weighed against the plaintiff because 50% of its customers never returned and two-thirds of its customer relationships were less than five years old
• when customer information is readily available to competitors through normal competitive means, such as asking questions designed to elicit the information, the information is not protectible
• client information was not a trade secret where it could be obtained by asking questions designed to elicit the information requested
• no near-permanent relationships found where money spent to train account executives was not directly tied to a particular client; taking clients out for lunch and sending cards and gifts was not sufficient

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