Mike Is a High School Dropout Employed as a Counter

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Mike is a high school dropout employed as a counter worker at Bob's Roasted Chicken (BRC),a local fast food franchise in Georgia.Mike is voted Employee of the Month and awarded a trip to visit the home office of BRC in Knoxville,Tennessee.While on a tour of the offices at BRC's headquarters,Mike notices an open wall safe,and when he looks inside,he discovers the original,handwritten copy of the secret family chicken recipe.He quickly makes a copy and returns the original to the safe.Once he arrives home,he contacts a number of local fried-chicken restaurants and offers to sell them the recipe.When BRC's president,Bob,discovers what Mike is doing,BRC immediately sues Mike.However,it quickly discovers that there are no applicable trade secret statutes.What effect does the lack of an applicable statute have on BRC's claim,and what,if anything,can BRC rely upon to maintain its claim? What relief should BRC seek against Mike?

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