In this employment law case we represented departing employees in the situation where what we considered to be a groundless allegation of breach of confidence and trade secrets.
We were successful in requiring the employer to particularize what, if any, trade secrets they claimed had been removed before compelling the departing employee from disclosing their own products and formulas. This judgment sets out with clarity the threshold which must be met by an employer who seeks to sue departing employees.
The Supreme Court threw out as unreasonable and unenforceable, a series of restictive clauses in the employment contracts of certain departing employees for whom we act.
In the final segment of our defence strategy in this case we were successful in having the Court strike out the restrictive covenants in employment contracts of our clients.
This lead to the discontinuance of the case against our clients and the end of the employment law litigation by agreement of the parties.
StockWatch USA picked up the story in an accurate, if colourful, report on the Judgement.
And GlobeInvestor.com has published an article about the BCSC decision vacating the injunction.