VL SYSTEMS, INC. v. Unisen, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOORE, J.
VL Systems, Inc. (VLS), and Star Trac Strength (Star Trac) 1 entered into a short-term computer consulting contract. The contract provided that Star Trac would not hire any VLS employee for 12 months after the contract’s termination, subject to a liquidated damages provision. Within that period, Star Trac hired a VLS employee who had not performed any work for Star Trac, and indeed, had not been employed by VLS at the time the Star Trac contract was performed. VLS sued for breach of contract, and the court awarded it part of the amount it sought under liquidated damages…
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