Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Kearns

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of Plaintiff Laboratory Corporation (“LabCorp”) to preliminarily enjoin its former employee, Defendant William G. Kearns, Ph.D., from competing with it in alleged violation of his contract of employment. (Docs. 3, 17.) The parties have submitted an evi-dentiary record, and the court held a hearing on the motion on January 12, 2015. For the reasons set forth herein, Lab-Corp’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

Pursuant to…