A business operator bought a list of potential sales contacts. One of the employees sold a copy of the list to a competitor. Can the busines...

Question

A business operator bought a list of potential sales contacts. One of the employees sold a copy of the list to a competitor. Can the business operator bring suit against the employee and what is the business-related tort theories of recovery for this type of case?

Answer

The taking of the list is conversion and the selling to another is intentional or negligent interference with business advantage.