Legal Opinion
Synthes, Inc. v. Knapp
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 2013No. Civil Action No. 13-3285PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SAVAGE, District Judge.
In this action to enforce a non-competition agreement and a non-disclosure agreement brought by his former employer, Depuy Synthes Sales, Inc. (“Depuy”), and its parent, Synthes, Inc. (“Synthes”), the defendant, Gregory Knapp, has moved to dismiss, stay or transfer the action to the Eastern District of California where he has already initiated an action to have the agreements declared unenforceable. Invoking the first-filed rule and 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), Knapp argues that because this action was filed five days after he had filed an action against Depuy…
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