The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Microsoft alleges Lee used insider information to get Google job

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Microsoft alleges Lee used insider information to get Google job: "Former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee used insider information to get himself at job at rival Google in violation of a noncompete agreement, a Microsoft lawyer alleged today.
Lawyer Jeff Johnson said that in approaching Google about a job, Lee sent an e-mail stating, 'I am currently the corporate vice president at Microsoft working on areas very related to Google.' 'He was saying, 'Look what I did at Microsoft and look what I can do for you,'' Johnson said in opening statements today at a hearing before King County Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez.
Lee, who worked at Microsoft since 2000, joined Google in July to lead the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet search engine company's expansion into China.
Attorneys for Google said in court today that much of what Lee knew about the Chinese market came from his previous work experience at Apple Computer and other companies, and that Microsoft was exaggerating the extent of Lee's work for Microsoft on China. "