Not sure why the position is relevant, nor do I think Jobs's precedent was relevant.
"a duty of loyalty to the company" - wholly made up. The company has no loyalty to you.
"breached an intellectual property agreement" - this is the meat of the case. The rest is theater, including the subject.
You have skill and talent and you are paid to do a series of tasks. You can capitalize those talents in many ways to make money, working for a company is an option.
If you don't treat your employees well enough, they might leave and might even compete with you. We have laws to enforce this relationship at almost every possible turn. It's REALLY hard to get away with sabotage or inside information without quitting. Having your own LLC is great for a number of personal finance reasons.
This has nothing to do with loyalty. I agree that there is nothing wrong with this person going off to do their own thing. But getting that started on company time, including poaching other Apple employees, is totally out of line.
"a duty of loyalty to the company" - wholly made up. The company has no loyalty to you.
"breached an intellectual property agreement" - this is the meat of the case. The rest is theater, including the subject.
You have skill and talent and you are paid to do a series of tasks. You can capitalize those talents in many ways to make money, working for a company is an option.
If you don't treat your employees well enough, they might leave and might even compete with you. We have laws to enforce this relationship at almost every possible turn. It's REALLY hard to get away with sabotage or inside information without quitting. Having your own LLC is great for a number of personal finance reasons.