>I was surprised that the company didn't just sue him for not giving up company property. That probably would have required escalation to Corporate Counsel and

>I was surprised that the company didn't just sue him for not giving up company property. That probably would have required escalation to Corporate Counsel and CEO, which would have exposed the fact that the manager fired the kid for doing awesome work and was likely trying to get the password to run the system himself, fire the other data-entry people, and take credit for the amazing efficiency improvements. He probably didn't want the CEO to find out about that, so he couldn't sue.