Legal Opinion

American Credit Indemnity Co. v. Sacks

California Court of Appeal

Decided August 29, 1989No. B034560PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KLEIN, P. J.

Plaintiff and appellant American Credit Indemnity Company (ACI) appeals an order of the trial court denying its application for a preliminary injunction against defendant and respondent, its former employee, Lola N. Sacks (Sacks), now doing business as LNS Insurance Services.

The issue presented is whether, under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) (Civ. Code, § 3426 et seq.), Sacks may solicit ACI policyholders she serviced during her employment, or whether she must limit the use of ACI’s customer list to an announcement of new affiliation.

We hold the UTSA protects ACI’s…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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3Cited by46 opinions

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