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		_skel on April 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Connecticut moves to help low-paid workers hurt by... > I can easily imagine a sales guy leaving for the competitor and taking half of the client base with him. This may kill the company. That doesn't seem to happen in California where noncompetes are banned. This is one of those things that seems like it might be a problem but doesn't actually happen very often.

monocasa on April 13, 2019 [–]

Rolodexes are trade secrets are why.

Hell, there's case law that a myspace friend list can be a trade secret under the right circumstances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christou_v._Beatport,_LLC

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