Employee Poaching • Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations • Unfair Competition • Gist of the Action Doctrine
DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc. v. Globus Med., Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0699 (E.D.Pa. April 26, 2017) O’Neill, J. (38 pages).
Breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference claims against former employees were barred by the gist of the action doctrine, where the alleged duties arose entirely from the restrictive covenants in the employees’ contracts. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
