That explains why A123 are suing their former employees, as they individually had contractual agreements. It doesn't explain why A123 are suing Apple, since the

That explains why A123 are suing their former employees, as they individually had contractual agreements. It doesn't explain why A123 are suing Apple, since they apparently had no contractual relationship. IANAL, but my guess would be that the case is based on Apple allegedly inducing one of the A123 engineers to recruit other engineers into Apple. I don't know if that is actionable, though. According to [1] the action is in the Massachusetts District Court, Boston. Looks like the details are paywalled inside Pacer. [1] http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2015cv10438/167626 http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2015c...