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

Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by em3rgent0rdr on Friday January 27, 2017 @07:44AM (#13499413)

I think he was making the argument that even if the employee violated anti-poaching terms in the contract, that any such violation shouldn't be legally suable because anti-poaching rules should be legally invalid, since they violate a fundamental right.

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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by Ntrails on Friday January 27, 2017 @07:58AM (#13499481)

At this point I'm starting to wonder what doesn't constitute a fundamental right these days.

It's not unreasonable for an employer to expect their employees not to spend their time at work working/advertising/recruiting for a separate business. Of course no such protection exists for conversations had down the pub after work.

We've no real idea what the case in question involves - it may be that tesla cannot make it stick. It's all about context

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Re:Tesla sues ex-Autopilot director for taking proprietary i... by fastball on Friday January 27, 2017 @08:19AM (#13499575)

Eh, if your "fundamental right" isn't a primary right, I feel like you can definitely sign it away.

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