Where a company claims that its client list constitutes a trade secret it must affirmatively show that it derives economic value from the information not being widely known and that reasonable efforts are taken to maintain secrecy, otherwise it has no claim under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act for the disclosure or use of this information.The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the decision of Cook County Circuit Judge Pamela McLean Meyerson.Multimedia Sales & Marketing Inc (MSM) is a company which contracts with …