The plaintiffs sued two former employees for breach of employment agreements, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of implied duties of loyalty and good faith, and conversion after they left to work for a competitor.
The court found that the non-competition clauses in the employment agreements were ambiguous and overly broad, and therefore unenforceable.
The court also found that the employees were not fiduciaries.
While one employee breached his implied duty of loyalty and his obligation to safeguard confidential information by forwarding company documents to his personal email and doing work for a competitor while still employed, the plaintiffs failed to prove that these breaches caused any damages.
The action was dismissed against one employee, and the other was ordered to pay $1 in nominal damages.
