Employee: “I’m resigning today. I already accepted another job paying me $800,000 a year.”
CEO: “You’re not going anywhere. You signed a $5 million confidentiality agreement. If you leave, I’ll sue you for everything you own.”
Employee: “Go ahead.”
The CEO laughed.
CEO: “You think your new company will protect you? That agreement prevents you from discussing anything you learned here.”
Employee: “I know.”
CEO: “Then why are you so confident?”
The employee placed a folder on his desk.
Employee: “Because you already broke the agreement.”
The CEO stopped smiling.
CEO: “What are you talking about?”
Employee: “Three months ago, you secretly sent confidential information about our company to a competitor. You used my name and employee credentials to make it look like I authorized the transfer.”…