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4571 A question of fact was found to exist about whether a contractor's allegedly misappropriated information relating to bidding and estimating, preferred vendors and subcontractors, client information, and the design parameters for certain proposed projects, derived sufficient economic value resulting from its not being known to competitors to qualify as a trade secret; questions of fact were also found to exist regarding whether plaintiff's requirement of confidentiality agreements from all employees and restriction of access to upper level employees were reasonable attempts to maintain the secrecy of the information; since the wrongful conduct requirement will depend on whether defendant misappropriated plaintiff's trade secret, the same question of facts will determine the outcome of plaintiff's claim for interference with prospective business advantage.CitationSAN JOSE CONSTRUCTION v SBCC INC (Trade Secrets) 155 CA4 1528 [See: CivC 3426.1; In re Providian 96 CA4 292, P/AT 3/02; Settimo v Environ 14 CA4 842, T/AT 5/93; Della Penna v Toyota 11 C4 376, T/AT 12/95]
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