A suit filed by less-than-truckload carrier XPO that recently moved to a federal court in North Carolina provides a window into the battle over companies’ ability to require workers to sign noncompete agreements and whether such provisions can be enforced.
The suit against two former employees was filed originally by XPO (NYSE: XPO) in January in Superior Court in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, before being moved to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina at the...