Vassallo's incorporation of Complete Spiral Manufacturing, Inc. (Spiral), a competing business, did not usurp a corporate opportunity belonging to his employer, Coastal Sheet Metal Corporation (Coastal), since the purchase of spiral duct machinery was neither "necessary" for nor "essential" to Coastal's line of business and Coastal had no "interest" or "tangible expectancy" in the opportunity (see Alexander & Alexander of N.Y. v Fritzen,
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