Legal Question in Business Law in Illinois

Customer contact information theft

In the absence of a non-compete agreement, is there any laws (State of IL.) that prohibit an employee from taking customer contact information gained while an employee of a company and using it to procure a business relationship with those customers. Which would be in direct competition with his old employer?


Asked on 9/18/07, 11:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Noelle Ansley Noelle Ansley

Re: Customer contact information theft

Yes. If the former employer found out that its customers were leaving it in order to go work with a former employee, the former employer could sue the former employee for tortious interference with business relations.

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Answered on 9/18/07, 12:32 pm


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