The inital link headline is misleading... According to several other articles, they are suing him to prevent him to taking the Harris job and not accusing him (yet) of actually giving away trade secrets.
"The company says Darren McQueen resigned Aug. 23 to take a job with Melbourne, Fla.-based Harris Corp. as head of its public-safety business. Motorola Solutions, whose primary business is making police radios and other public-safety equipment, says Mr. McQueen is violating his noncompete agreement by taking the job.
Motorola fears Mr. McQueen could use its trade secrets, including product road maps or pricing strategies, to provide Harris “a virtual playbook of Motorola Solutions' competitive and market strategies,” says the lawsuit, filed Sept. 3 in Cook County Circuit Court.
Mr. McQueen, 53, had worked for Schaumburg-based Motorola since 2004. Most recently, he was a corporate vice president in charge of its most advanced public-safety products, which combine fourth-generation wireless phone technology. Motorola sees the market for such products, which it estimates to be worth up to $1 billion annually over the next five years, as crucial to its business. "
"Motorola says in the lawsuit that it assumed Mr. McQueen was going to work for a partner, such as Ericsson or Verizon, but was shocked when he informed management at 5:21 p.m. on a Friday that he was leaving for a competitor."