Legal Opinion
Latona v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided September 27, 1999No. CV 98-0066 NM (RZX)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE ENFORCEABILITY OF AETNA’S NON-COMPETE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
MANELLA, District Judge.
I. Introduction
A. Factual Background
Aetna Healthplans merged with U.S. Healthcare in early 1997, forming Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc. (“Aetna”). After the merger, Aetna sought to continue U.S. Healthcare’s policy of requiring all employees with access to confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information to sign its Non-Compete and Confidentiality Agreement (“Agreement”). In May 1997 Aetna asked its employees to sign the Agreement. Plaintiff refused, leading Aet-na to terminate her on August…
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