CASE STUDY 16: FORMER MANAGERS

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Several managers left a software-design firm. Within a few weeks, they started up a new firm, producing similar products, in direct competition with the original firm. A computer forensics team was hired to inspect former managers’ computers, which had been erased. Evidence that the business plan and designs for a new firm were taken directly from the original firm was uncovered. The new firm was enjoined by the court from offering their product until sufficient time had passed for them to have produced their own designs. The former managers were given a 9-month injunction.

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