The Seventh Circuit today upheld a preliminary injunction against the use by former insurance agents of customer data — mainly names and contact information that resided in the insurer’s proprietary database. The opinion’s author, Judge Posner, explained how the info qualified as a trade secret but also pointed out imprecision in the injunction itself. The court remanded "for the entry of a better-drafted injunction." Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Roth, No. 06-3412 (7th Cir. May 7, 2007).
Barry Barnett
