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Legal Arguments Can Hurt Tech Job Mobility

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-go dept.

camelcai writes "Microsoft's suit against Kai-Fu Lee and Google is based off of the thought that in some circumstances people can't avoid sharing or relying on trade secrets from their former employer when moving to a competitor. In MS's filing it says: 'Lee's conduct threatens to disclose or Lee inevitably will disclose Microsoft's trade secrets to Google and/or others for his and/or Google's financial gain in the course of working to improve Google search products that compete with Microsoft, and in the course of establishing and building Google's presence in China to compete with Microsoft's efforts in China.' According to CNET, thanks to this increasingly popular legal argument, defectors might face a lawsuit even if they did not sign agreements not to compete or not to disclose confidential information."

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  1. Gentoo?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I use Gentoo; how does this affect me?

    1. Re:Gentoo?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I use Gentoo; how does this affect me?

      It apparently makes you a flamboyant nerd.

      I'd recommend firebombing your house. Its the only way to be sure.

  2. HURRICANE KATRINA IS ABOUT TO SLAUGHTER 1000'S! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And you idiots are talking about legal crap? Where are your priorities?

  3. mod Down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    end, we nned you for a moment and