Another day, another court filing in the ongoing case of DraftKings, Inc. v. Michael Hermalyn.
This time, it was Hermalyn and his lawyers filing in the United States District Court in the District of Massachusetts and seeking an Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
In short: Hermalyn's team is seeking to end the case, and to allow Hermalyn to continue to work at Fanatics.
In long: In February, DraftKings filed a federal lawsuit alleging their former head of VIP – Hermalyn – plotted to steal customer data and take it to Fanatics, where he recently took a similar role. The suit claims Hermalyn met with Fanatics’ CEO about a job over a year ago and lied about reasons for traveling to California to finalize the deal while downloading DraftKings’ confidential data. DraftKings sought to block Hermalyn from working for Fanatics due to a non-compete clause, which Hermalyn claims is void since he now resides in California. Fanatics called the allegations “ridiculous” and suggested DraftKings employees are leaving for “greener pa stures.”