A judge today shut down Netflix’s appeal in a long-running legal battle centered on the streamer poaching executives from Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Netflix had claimed, in part, that Fox’s contracts were void because they violate California’s famed seven-year rule and severely restrict employee mobility.
It had also claimed that Fox must show resulting harm.But today, a three justice panel led by Judge Dorothy Kim rejected the Netflix appeal, writing in part:Netflix’s assertions about the legal validity of the injunction are belied by the terms of that decree.
The injunction does not restrain Fox employees from leaving Fox at any time, even during the fixed term of their agreement, subject only to a potential claim for breach
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