Question: please reply with a thought out reply so that I can understand this better in detail. Thank you in advance! Freedom Medical, a medical equipment
please reply with a thought out reply so that I can understand this better in detail. Thank you in advance!
Freedom Medical, a medical equipment company, sought an injunction to prevent three former executives and sales representatives from working for one of Freedom Medical's competitors, Med One. To maintain a competitive advantage in the healthcare industry, Freedom Medical developed confidential and proprietary pricing information, business plans and customer lists that all three former executives had access to in their former positions. Freedom Medical takes several affirmative steps to safeguard this confidential information. First, Freedom Medical requires all employees to acknowledge and agree to comply with an Acceptable Use Policy that restricts the use of digitally stored confidential information. Second, Freedom Medical requires all employees with access to confidential information to sign restrictive covenants at the inception of their employment. The restrictive covenants prohibit unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information. Furthermore, the restrictive covenants contain a global non-compete clause that prohibits employees from working for any competitor for a one-year period following the end of employment with Freedom Medical. All three former executives were hired as sales representatives for Med One, and two of the three stayed in the same geographic territory in which they previously worked for Freedom Medical. Freedom Medical has filed an injunction to stop them from working for Med One. Should the court issue the injunction? If so, for how long and should there be any other restrictions
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