Preliminary Injunction Upheld In Noncompete Suit Against Former Cigna Executive

(June 7, 2024, 12:11 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A trial court’s preliminary injunction in a case by Cigna Corp. seeking to enforce a noncompete agreement with a former executive was not an abuse of discretion as Missouri law was correctly interpreted and there was no clear error in the factual findings, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, noting in part that the company where the executive went was Cigna’s “largest direct competitor.”...