Case: Individual Employment Rights/Noncompete Agreements (D. Mass.)

A federal district court allowed Nuance Communications, Inc.'s motion for a preliminary injunction to enforce the terms of an employment agreement containing non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions against a former director of product strategy, artificial intelligence, who left to work for a competitor in the radiology information technology industry. Nuance is reasonably likely to succeed on its claim that the director breached the agreement’s noncompete provision, given that the company and her new employer both offer products designed to improve workflow and integration of AI into radiology, and she is likely to use its confidential technical, marketing and customer information ...