Legal Opinion
Burbank Grease Services, LLC v. Sokolowski
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided January 20, 2005No. 04-0468PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVergeront, J.
¶ 1. Burbank Grease Services, LLC, appeals the circuit court's order dismissing on summary judgment its claims of misappropriation of a trade secret, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and computer crimes. Based on the undisputed facts, we conclude: (1) the customer information Burbank asserts is a trade secret does not meet the standard in Wis. Stat. § I34.90(l)(c)l; (2) the claims of breach of fiduciary duty against Larry Sokolowski and aiding and abetting that breach against United Grease, LLC and United Liquid Waste Recycling, Inc., are preempted by §…
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