I think in the past I have mentioned as to how the premier advertising agency RK Swamy associates got formed. Just to refresh, one fine day the branch manager of Chennai branch of Hindustan Thomson Associates, Mr. RK Swamy just replaced the Hindustan Thomson Associates board with RK Swamy associates board in the Madras office building. He then called for a meeting of all employees and told them that all those who are willing to join his new company would get double the salary from that day onwards. And those who don't want to join him, can leave the office. The loyalists who did not join RK Swamy did not have an office for days together, till a makeshift office was created in Hotel Connemara.
Needless to say, all the clients of Madras branch of HTA, except for Ponds India, moved with RK Swamy. HTA went to court. Nothing happened. The judgement was that clients are no one's personal assets. They are open to be lured and taken. Every client would look at any relationship ship as a business relationship and not as a husband wife relationship. When there is money, there is honey. So RK Swamy associates was absolved of all charges. And please remember, the judgement was given in the pre 1996 era, i e prior to liberalization.In the current scenarios of liberalization, such thoughts of prosecution should not even be formed in your mind. Today, the world is not so big. It's a virtual village. Information is the key and is available everywhere. It's just impossible to keep it confidential. And claiming that confidential information was taken away by an employee will remain an assumption. Nothing is confidential in the wiki leaks era. Just let the employee enjoy his good times.