XPO’s Noncompete Restriction for Former Manager ‘Reasonable’

XPO Logistics Inc. demonstrated that a former manager violated reasonable employment restrictions on noncompetition when she left for rival trucking company Saia LTL Freight, a federal court said.

XPO is entitled to a preliminary injunction precluding Jessica Northrop from working for Saia. , said Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The requirement that she not work for a direct competitor for six months after leaving XPO isn’t overbroad, the court said.

Northrop must also honor employment restrictions concerning XPO’s confidential information and return XPO property, it said.

Northrop breached ...