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1) Explain whether the law protects confidential information in the following situations: a) Uncle Bill's bonbons is a family business that uses secret recipes passed down from the founder's grandmother. Its employees know that these recipes are not to be disclosed to customers or competitors. One of the chefs leaves to found her own company that produces strikingly similar products using identical ingredients. b) Uncle bill's holds a contest, asking its customers to submit their best recipe for cookies, and posts the winning recipe in its store. A competitor begins to sell cookies based on the recipe. c) Emily's edibles independently arrives at a manufacturing process that exactly duplicates the creamy texture of Uncle bill's chocolate pudding