The complaint does not allege that defendant has violated any confidence. His fault is that he, in violation of the contract, has accepted employment from a competitor of plaintiff. Against this, plaintiff is not entitled to protection (General Business Law, § 340).
The contract is too broad in its terms and is unenforcible. (Paramount Pad Co. v. Baumrind,
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