Rene worked as a salesman for the Magenti Wine Company until one month ago when he
was dismissed.
During the course of and by virtue of his employment he developed a strong working relationship with many local restaurants that were customers of the business. Rene has recently started a new wine distribution company and began to solicit customers away from Magenti. Magenti seeks your advice. Which of the following is TRUE?
A) The courts will not interfere in a dispute between an employer and its former employee once the employment relationship has ended.
B) Rene has not breached any duties owed to Magenti
C) Rene can solicit the customers for his own business as he is no longer employed byMagenti.
D) Magenti can likely obtain an injunction against Rene stopping him from soliciting away its customer and can also recover damages against him.
E) Magenti can only sue Rene for starting his own competing business if there was a specific term in his employment contract preventing him from doing this
D
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