Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1761
AUTHOR:
Lawrence Pierce, Judge, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
QUOTATION:
Although the employer may perhaps lawfully destroy its own reputation, its employees should be and are barred from destroying their employer’s reputation by misappropriating their employer’s informational property.
ATTRIBUTION:
Majority opinion in 2-1 ruling that upheld conviction of former Wall Street Journal reporter for insider trading, 27 May 86
