A global insurance company is bound by a contract between its new hire and a Philadelphia-based direct competitor for which she used to work, a federal judge has ruled.

In so holding, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled it had personal jurisdiction over most parties in the case, rejecting the company’s argument that the suit against it should be dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.

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