

However, as the issue comes up fairly frequently, we thought it might warrant deeper discussion. 2009), and we touched on it in an earlier posting.

This precise question was addressed in Southwest Stainless, LP v.

What happens, however, when a company does not prohibit its customer from sharing that pricing with others in the industry? Often one of the most confidential aspects of a business is its pricing mechanism and the quotes that it provides its customers. It is for this reason that the general rule governing trade secret law is that a company’s non-published pricing is a trade secret.
