Wash. Appeals Court Affirms Jury’s Finding That Client Lists Are Trade Secrets

(December 27, 2017, 2:39 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington appeals court on Dec. 18 affirmed a jury’s finding that a mortgage company’s client lists that included customers’ names, phone numbers and email addresses are trade secrets and that former employees misappropriated the information after leaving the company, holding that the evidence showed that the information was used to generate business for the competitor (Guidance Residential LLC v. Anwer Mangrio, et al., No. 75507-2-I, Wash. App., 1st Div., 2017 Wash. App. LEXIS 2856)....