Outdated information on a financial services industry recruiterβs database is not protectable as a trade secret where the company did not take adequate safeguards to protect the information and the information was available on the Internet, a federal district court in New York has ruled. Sasqua Group, Inc. v. Courtney, 09-cv-528 (ADS)(ETB), 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93442 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 2, 2010) (report and recommendation), adopted, 2010 U.S. LEXIS 98621 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 7, 2010). U.S. District Court Judge Arthur D. Spatt adopted, in its entirety, the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson.
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