Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key engineers; NP, says court [pdf]
"That evidence does suggest the engineers drew on knowledge and skills they gained from Hooked to develop a product for their new employer––but California’s policy favoring free mobility for employees specifically allows that.  (See Whyte v. Schlage Lock Co. (2002) 101Cal.App.4th 1443, 1464 [rejecting the “inevitable disclosure” doctrine, under which a claim for trade secret misappropriation is stated if an employee’s new job will inevitably lead to reliance on the former employer’s trade secrets].)"Which is why Silicon Valley is in California, and why attempts to create a startup culture elsewhere have mostly failed.