Plaintiff Suresh, a product engineer, sued her former employer, NanoMech (an R&D firm creating nano-technology), when it alleged she violated the terms of a Non-Disclosure (NDA) agreement and a covenant not to compete, and her new employer fired her. 

1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the court decide?

2. What did the Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA) call for? Why did the former employer claim that the agreement was breached by the former employee? Why does the court disagree?

3. What did the Noncompetition Agreement call for? Why does the court conclude that this agreement is unenforceable?

4. This decision mentions in passing that the former employee was terminated by her new employer and is suing NanoMech for this. What do you think happened here? How does the existence of restrictive covenants complicate post-employment life for both the former employee and prospective new employers?

5. What should NanoMech have done differently?