The lightning speed of change on the Internet helped doom a company's bid to block a former employee from moving to a potential competitor. Citing the pace of innovation in the information technology industry, a federal judge refused to enforce a restrictive covenant that would have prevented a Web site content manager from working for his new company for one year. "A one-year hiatus from the work force is several generations, if not an eternity," said the judge.
October 29, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The lightning speed of change on the Internet helped doom a company’s bidto block a former employee from moving to a potential competitor.
Citing the pace of innovation in the information technology industry, SouthernDistrict Judge William H. Pauley III refused to enforce a restrictive covenant thatwould have prevented a Web site content manager from working for his newcompany for one year.
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