Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary info, poaching employees

Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by the_watcher on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:42PM (#13496796)

Wait, is there a legal concept of "duty of loyalty" outside of fiduciary relationships? That's the first I've heard the term in that context. Or did Anderson have a fiduciary relationship with Tesla?

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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by djrogers on Thursday January 26, 2017 @08:14PM (#13496931)

Yes there is. In California it's governed by the Labor Code:

Section 2863 states, “An employee who has any business to transact on his own account, similar to that entrusted to him by his employer, shall always give the preference to the business of the employer.”

There are other aspects to it as well, but that's the nut.

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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by the_watcher on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:28PM (#13501936)

Ah, thanks. And yea, the TC piece didn't make it clear to me that the crux of the issue was Anderson's current employment while poaching.

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