Marinelli v. Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

MICHAEL P. SHEA, District Judge.

This dispute calls on the Court to determine whether a non-compete clause is enforceable under New Jersey law. In January 2013, Plaintiff Joseph Marinelli, a longtime employee of Defendant Medco *306Health Services (“Medco”),1 resigned his position with Medco and began working at Coventry Health Care (“Coventry”) as its Vice President of Medicare Part D Operations. After Medco indicated that it considered Mr. Marinelli’s joining Coventry to be a breach of his contract with Medco, Mr. Marinelli initiated this suit for declaratory relief in…