Where a breach of contractual confidentiality obligations is limited to misuse of the form and contents of a particular document, causation requires proof that the specific confidential information (as distinct from information available from other sources) was a necessary condition of the loss; the availability of the same or better information from non-confidential sources may defeat causation.
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