It remains to be seen how far a recent state Supreme Court decision will go in limiting the ability of companies to stop their employees from jumping ship to competitors.
The unanimous May 6 decision said that Georgia law does not allow employers to hamstring the mobility of their employees solely based on the so-called "inevitable disclosure doctrine," which under certain circumstances assumes an employee inevitably would share secrets from his former company. But the decision left open when an employer can stop an employee’s move.
