A B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit alleges three women used “insider knowledge and confidential information” from their employer to launch their own organic oat-milk powder company.
A Burnaby woman has been named in a lawsuit alleging corporate intrigue in the Lower Mainland organic oat-milk industry.
WithinUs claims Grant, fellow Mindful Oat director Emily Nakajima, and Julia Shibazaki once worked at withinUs and misappropriated “insider knowledge and confidential information” from the company to launch their own business and product. The claim says the three women signed employment contracts and non-disclosure agreements barring them from sharing that information, setting up a rival business or poaching employees during their employment at withinUs – and for 12 months after.
The Mindful Oat began selling its product on Aug. 31, 2021, two days before withinUs launched its product on Sept. 2, 2021, according to the claim.
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