In the case of Al Minor & Associates, Inc v. Martin, Slip Opinion, Robert Martin was put on trial with claims that he had misappropriated trade secrets. What made this case interesting and distinguishable was that Martin did not tangibly misappropriate trade secrets, he just committed the information from the former company to his memory. Robert Martin was a former employee of Al Minor & Associates (AMA), which is a company that deals with designing retirement plans for clients. Martin’s position as a pension analyst allowed him access to these client lists while he was employed there and while he was still employed at AMA, he created his own company with similar services as AMA. When he left, he didn’t take any actual files or tangible
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