Tesla has filed suit in a California court against its potential rival Rivian, alleging that the Michigan-based electric truck maker poached its employees and instructed at least one employee to steal trade secrets. Rivian calls the suit "baseless."
In its lawsuit, Tesla claimed Rivian has hired away dozens of its former employees and alleged that some of them took confidential manufacturing, organizational and recruiting information, as well as lists of Tesla employees who could be targeted for hiring.
In addition to the company, the lawsuit names four former Tesla employees who were hired by Rivian. It accuses each of taking documents from Tesla (TSLA) in violation of non-disclosure agreements they had signed when they were first hired.
"This dispute stems from Rivian's efforts to misappropriate Tesla's trade secret, confidential and proprietary information by recruiting Tesla employees and encouraging them to take such information as they leave Tesla," the lawsuit claims.
Source: CNN
