The Agency, Inc. v. Grove

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’MALLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, The Agency, Inc., filed a complaint against Janet Grove, its former employee, and Accurate AJM, Inc., her current employer, alleging violations of the Illinois Trade Secrets Act (Trade Secrets Act) (765 ILCS 1065/1 et seq. (West 2002)) and of a “Covenant Not to Compete” (Covenant) that Grove signed while employed with plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged that Grove appropriated confidential information while in plaintiffs employ. Plaintiff sought preliminary and permanent injunctions to enforce a confidentiality provision in the…