Ogletree Deakins: New Jersey Employers Not Required to Ask Questions About Customer List Brought by New Employee | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: New Jersey Employers Not Required to Ask Questions About Customer List Brought by New Employee | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses Millman v. Polymer Packing, Inc., in which the New Jersey Supreme Court held that an employer does not have an affirmative duty to inquire about the source of a confidential customer list that a new hire brings with him. The court found that the employer in Millman had no reason to think that the list was anything other than the employee's personal list of customers.

Ogletree Deakins: New Jersey Employers Not Required to Ask Questions About Customer List Brought by New Employee

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 16 Jul 2012New Jersey, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses Millman v. Polymer Packing, Inc., in which the New Jersey Supreme Court held that an employer does not have an affirmative duty to inquire about the source of a confidential customer list that a new hire brings with him. The court found that the employer in Millman had no reason to think that the list was anything other than the employee's personal list of customers.