Hank Mullany, former president of Walmart‘s northern U.S. division, reportedly left Walmart to head up CVS‘s retail pharmacy. In response, Walmart sued Mullany (Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Mullany, CA No 6040, Delaware Chancery Court (Wilmington) (a copy of the complaint is here) claiming that Mr. Mullany had a noncompete agreement that prevented him from working for CVS.
Apparently the court – on a first read, at least – agreed and issued a temporary restraining order preventing Mr. Mullany from working for CVS until the court could give further consideration of the issue at a hearing scheduled for December 15.
More to come.