Array Technologies and Nextracker, two world photo voltaic tracker producers, have settled a five-year-long lawsuit that may have gone to trial this week.
Array Applied sciences filed a lawsuit (Case No. 1:17-cv-00087-JCH-LF) in opposition to Nextracker and its former mum or dad firm Flextronics Worldwide in July 2017, alleging {that a} former Array worker was employed at Nextracker in violation of a non-compete settlement. The lawsuit was settled exterior of courtroom below non-disclosed financial phrases previous to the trial date of July 18.
In keeping with a press launch issued by Array, “Nextracker acknowledges that an Array worker was employed in violation of his non-compete settlement, sure Array confidential info was improperly obtained and Nextracker’s conduct was wrongful.”
The previous worker was a enterprise growth supervisor at Array Applied sciences who dealt with “all points of gross sales from figuring out gross sales alternatives to closing the gross sales,” in line with the lawsuit. The non-compete, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements in his employment contract required a one-year hole after leaving Array Applied sciences earlier than being employed at a competing firm.
The worker was employed at Array Applied sciences in 2013 and was in talks of a place with Nextracker in June 2016. The lawsuit alleges that previous to departure from Array Applied sciences, the previous worker transferred about 7,000 confidential digital recordsdata and was shortly after employed at Nextracker.
“The events are happy to conclude this matter and sit up for persevering with their shared missions of mainstreaming clear power worldwide,” the press launch states.
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