That didn’t take long. Less than a day after former HP CEO Mark Hurd announced his intentions to join Oracle as co-president, his former employer has filed a civil complaint suggesting the move is not at all in line with signed agreements.
Part of that complaint, as posted on HP’s official corporate blog, reads: “In his new positions, Hurd will be in a situation in which he cannot perform his duties for Oracle without necessarily using and disclosing HP’s trade secrets and confidential information to others.”
HP also notes that they paid Hurd a severance package worth tens of millions of dollars following his abrupt resignation last month in the wake of a sexual harassment allegation.
Now, the company is seeking “immediate injunctive relief” in the California Superior Court to prevent Hurd from assuming his new position at Oracle. No word yet from Oracle or Hurd as to how they plan to address the issues put forth by HP and keep their arrangement on track; we’ll update here when we hear something.
In the meantime, here’s the full complaint:
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