HP’s Bid to Bar Hurd’s Oracle Move May Be Long Shot
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Hewlett-Packard Co.’s lawsuit seeking to block former Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd from working at Oracle Corp. may be hard to win because California’s courts favor letting employees move freely, legal experts said.
HP said that serving as an Oracle president would make it “impossible” for Hurd to avoid using or disclosing HP’s trade secrets and confidential information, according to yesterday’s complaint in California’s Santa Clara County Superior Court.