WorldVentures has secured a preliminary injunction towards former government Kenneth E. Head (aka Eddie Head).
As alleged by WorldVentures, upon leaving the corporate Eddie Head basically started replicating its journey alternative at Seacret Direct.
The granted preliminary injunction prohibits Head, who was just lately appointed President of Seacret Direct, from having any involvement in Seacret’s newly launched journey platform.
As per the court docket’s April sixth order, it accepted that WorldVentures
has a probability of displaying, Head, by e-mail, resigned from his place at WorldVentures Holdings on December 31, 2020.
Subsequently, Head grew to become the President and Chief Enterprise Improvement Officer of Seacret Direct, LLC.
Seacret is a Competing Enterprise below the Employment Settlement. Subsequently, for the aim of the Utility, the Courtroom finds that WorldVentures has a considerable probability of success on the deserves in displaying that Head has breached Paragraph 3.02(e) of the Employment Settlement, by means of his employment in a senior place with a Competing Enterprise.
By means of varied filed declarations Head asserted his transition to Seacret Direct was, on the time, a part of WorldVentures’ company plans.
The court docket disagrees and is holding Head to his WorldVentures contract.
The Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Settlement (“Confidentiality Settlement”) executed between Head and WorldVentures didn’t supersede the Employment Settlement.
The Courtroom finds that WorldVentures will possible maintain rapid and irreparable hurt attributable to Head’s breaches of his Employment Settlement arising from his Non-Compete restrictions.
Accordingly, if not enjoined from violation of the provisions limiting this exercise, WorldVentures will possible endure irreparable hurt to its enterprise, membership-based journey operations, workers, clients, Members, Gross sales Representatives.
Any hurt to Head presently is outweighed by the upcoming and irreparable hurt to WorldVentures.
Pending the result of WorldVentures’ case towards Head, he’s prohibited from ‘collaborating, both immediately or by means of an Affiliate, in or with a Competing Enterprise, together with, however not restricted to, Seacret’.
Head can’t have interaction in actions which are associated to WorldVentures’ present enterprise.
To facilitate the phrases of this Order, Head’s counsel should notify WorldVentures’ counsel in writing relating to the kind of advertising exercise Head intends to interact in for Seacret.
Earlier than Head engages in any Exercise, he should obtain written approval from WorldVentures, who should reply inside three (3) enterprise days from any such discover from Head.
So in a nutshell Head is free to help Seacret Direct advertising its non-travel merchandise.
Clearly that’s not why he was employed although, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how this performs out.
With either side digging their heels in, its possible WorldVentures’ lawsuit will proceed to the presently scheduled June twenty eighth four-day trial.
In granting WorldVentures a preliminary injunction towards Head, the court docket famous “it isn’t making any willpower that WorldVentures will prevail at trial on the deserves.”
Replace twelfth June 2021 – Eddie Head’s trial date has been rescheduled for December seventh, 2021.
The said motive for the delay is to
allow the Events essential time to finish discovery, together with third-party discovery and the depositions of key witnesses.
I’ll proceed to verify the case docket month-to-month.