Customer list containing information that could readily be obtained from public sources and information of no economic value to competitors was not protectable as trade secret. (Trade Secrets).

American Home Shield of California, Inc. v. Fidelity National Home Warranty Co., 2003 WL 21085278 (Cal. Ct. App., May 14 2003). As discussed supra with regard to plaintiff American's claims for breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with prospective economic relations, and breach of contract, this action involved two competitors in the home warranty business, plaintiff American Home Shield of California, Inc. (American) and defendant Fidelity National Home Warranty Company (Fidelity). American alleged that Fidelity recruited its employees, who then divulged American's confidential customer information, which allegedly constituted trade secrets, to their new employer and then solicited American's customers.

American brought the instant action against …