“Key Filing Made in Battle Between Alphabet, Uber,” The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2017 B3. Uber apparently knew that “a former Google engineer had confidential Google files before buying his self-driving-car startup.” 50,000 emails, among others.
Do you have processes in place to prevent this from happening when you hire a competitor’s former employee or buy their company? What about when one of your employees (or contractors) leaves?