NuVasive Denied Order to Stop Sales Employee From Taking Clients

Medical device company NuVasive Inc. failed to convince a Florida federal court that it would be harmed if a former employee wasn’t enjoined from taking customers with him to his new job with a competitor.

A preliminary injunction against sales representative Christopher LeDuff isn’t proper because NuVasive didn’t demonstrate why the parties’ non-compete agreement is necessary to protest business interests, Judge Sheri Polster Chappell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida said.

NuVasive didn’t identify information that would give LeDuff an improper advantage, nor did it show how LeDuff is responsible for a loss of customers, ...