In Tree Savers International Ltd. v. Savoy, two senior key employees left, giving only two weeks' notice, and incorporated a company to compete with their former employer. When they left, they took documents with them, including lists of contacts. When they were sued by their former employer, what did the Court determine?
A) The employees were in violation of their fiduciary duty and, as senior key employees, that they should have given considerably more notice.
B) The employees should have given more notice, but fiduciary duties cannot arise in the context of a mere employment relationship.
C) The employees had behaved unethically, but no remedy was available to compensate the company for this type of conduct.
D) The employees were in violation of their fiduciary duty, but employees are not bound to give notice of termination of employment.
E) The employees had given the minimum statutory notice, so the company had no recourse against them.
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