Law360, New York (November 03, 2011, 3:24 PM ET) -- The Second Circuit ruled Thursday that a former head of IBM Corp.'s information technology unit who left for a similar position at Hewlett-Packard Co. in February could keep his job with the rival, ruling IBM could not prove a potential competitive threat.
The Second Circuit adopted U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska's Feb. 17 ruling in the case IBM brought seeking a 12-month preliminary injunction against Giovanni Visentin for breach of a noncompete agreement.
IBM did not demonstrate it would succeed in its enforcement of the...
Ex-IBM Exec Can Keep HP Job: 2nd Circ.
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