Farha/Townsend stiff dealer?

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I'm pretty sure it could be argued in a court of law that disclosing customer habits without prior permission would be considered disclosing trade secrets. I'll call my lawyer and ask him for a legal opinion if your willing to pay his hourly fee [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Anything can be argued in a court of law, but I see no reason whatsoever that the contents of this story would be considered "trade secrets." There's nothing secret about it. It happened in public, and it has nothing to do with the trade (gaming). It's a simple transaction (lack of, actually) between a player and the dealer/author of the blog. It's no more a trade secret than the color of the shirt he was wearing.

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It's a slow day at work. From the NV general laws:

5. “Trade secret” means information, including, without limitation, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, product, system, process, design, prototype, procedure, computer programming instruction or code that:

(a) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by the public or any other persons who can obtain commercial or economic value from its disclosure or use; and

(b) Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.


Assuming that the Bellagio doesn't really make any effort to hide whether or not their customers tip, this situation seems to fail section B. Might also fail section A but I could see a decent argument that the behavior of their customers is valuable information.

Here's the link: http://search.leg.state.nv.us/isysquery/irle884/1/doc