...money. Cheaper to shoot it down than to try anything else to intercept. This may include protecting sensitive intelligence-related equipment, in that a molten ball of slag is less damaging than a free-fallen transmitter in the wrong hands.
There's probably going to be someone who interprets that as including NDAs instead of just "non-compete" clauses. That could seriously complicate things when a domain expert hops to a new place and the new employer wants inside info.
Even if the NDA issue is covered, employers better be sure they have NDAs in place NOW.
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...money. Cheaper to shoot it down than to try anything else to intercept. This may include protecting sensitive intelligence-related equipment, in that a molten ball of slag is less damaging than a free-fallen transmitter in the wrong hands.
There's probably going to be someone who interprets that as including NDAs instead of just "non-compete" clauses. That could seriously complicate things when a domain expert hops to a new place and the new employer wants inside info.
Even if the NDA issue is covered, employers better be sure they have NDAs in place NOW.