Defendant Owed No Duty To Protect Trade Secret Information, Judge Rules

Mealey's (June 11, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on June 7 ruled that a technology and telecommunications company’s failure to mark its customer list as confidential as required under the terms of the company’s information security policies bars it from claiming that a former employee had any duty to protect the confidentiality of the list under federal law (Call One Inc. v. Lori Beth Anzine, No. 18-124, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96169)....