Legal Opinion
RKI, Inc. v. Grimes
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 21, 2001No. 01 C 8542PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MORTON DENLOW, United States Magistrate Judge.
This is a case about how an employee who signed a non-disclosure and non-compete agreement chose to join a competitor. This is a textbook case of how not to do it.
The Court conducted a bench trial on December 17, 18 and 19 and heard closing arguments on December 20, 2001, in connection with the complaint brought by Plaintiff, RKI, Inc., d/b/a Roll-Kraft (“Roll-Kraft”) that Defendant Steven Grimes (“Grimes”) misappropriated Roll-Kraft’s confidential data and software and breached his covenant not to disclose and not to…
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