Dicks v. Jensen’s Empirical Analysis

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8 district · 16 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(4) "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process that: (a) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (b) Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 805 So. 2d 932 - East v. Aqua Gaming, Inc. · 95 Fed. Cl. 706 - Mobile Medical International Corp. v. United States

2. “Other jurisdictions have used several factors to determine the reasonableness of efforts to maintain the information’s secrecy, including whether parties had a written agreement not to compete, Zoecon Industries, a Division of Zoecon Corp. v. American Stockman Tag Co., 713 F.2d 1174, 1178 (5th Cir.1983), whether knowledge was confined to any restricted group of employees, Jet Spray Cooler Inc., v. Crampton, 361 Mass. 835, 842 [ 282 N.E.2d 921 ] (1972), and the extent of measures to guard access to the information, Augat, Inc. v. Aegis, Inc., 409 Mass. 165, 169-170 [ 565 N.E.2d 415 ] (1991).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Fed. Cl. 706 - Mobile Medical International Corp. v. United States

3. “decline[d] to recognize the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as means of recovery where the employment relationship is unmodified and at-will.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cole v. Foxmar Inc.