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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by ocdtrekkie on Thursday January 26, 2017 @05:46PM (#13496048)
From my understanding, a key point in the lawsuit was that he was still working for Tesla when he was recruiting people for his new job.
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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by kirykl on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:01PM (#13496178)
That would be the key. Breach of fiduciary duty
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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by dsp1234 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:19PM (#13496315)
from the complaint[0]:

"While still employed by Tesla, and while assuring management of his loyalty, Anderson secretly set out to hire Tesla's Autopilot engineers for his own competing venture"

[0] - https://cmportal.scscourt.org/Portal/DocumentViewer/Index/dU...

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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by the_watcher on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:44PM (#13496809)
Ah, there it is. Not made as clear as it could be by TechCrunch. Even in the most generous reading of anti-non-solicitation agreement law would probably uphold a restriction on doing it while employed.
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