[quote=Geeman;1513]Stockbear, basically the law frowns at what in legal jargon is refered to as 'contract in restraint of trade' i.e. a situation where an employer by contract, tries to stop an employee from working for a competitor after the employee has left his employment.
While an employee has the right to work for the competition in appropriate circumstances as Geeman said, nevertheless, an ex-employee has a duty not to disclose information/trade secrets he obtained from his previous employment to his new employer. This, in legal jargon, is an ex-employee's fiduciary duty to his previous employer. In strict law Makoju cannot legally give away the trade secrets of Wapco to Obajana. Whether it can be proved that he is giving away the secret is another matter.
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