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In 1999, the law of trade secrets continued to evolve through a variety of state and federal court decisions. In New York, a state court decision demonstrated a continued reluctance to protect customer names as trade secrets. In contrast, in Washington State’s Supreme Court held customer lists to be protectable as trade secrets, whether written or memorized. Likewise, in Connecticut’s Supreme Court, the Court held a customer list and supplier’s list to be part-and-parcel of a trade secret relating to a company’s overall method of doing business.