Basically all courts agree that the rights of an individual to find employments to support their own needs and their family trumps a company's desire to beat it

Basically all courts agree that the rights of an individual to find employments to support their own needs and their family trumps a company's desire to beat its competitors. If Apple really were worried about losing secrets, they could have paid for garden leave, e.g. pay employees who leave for 6 months to just stay at home.