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No, this isn’t “ordinary” or basic stuff he took. The judgment says the proprietary documents included corporate budgets and forecasts, revenue information, booking curves, information related to individual employees and the confidential business plan for Silver Endeavour. Though Silversea is part of Royal Caribbean Group, which is publicly traded, Royal Caribbean does not publish or make available information about each individual company within the corporation, particularly business plans. So that is certainly confidential information that is not available in the public domain. Everyone who works for a big company (or a government agency!) signs a document that says your work product does not belong to you and the information you are exposed to is confidential. The injunction states Lira signed such a document at Silversea. I wonder why Crystal is protecting this guy. He admitted taking the documents and don’t they have bigger concerns to deal with?

I doubt a reputable publication would make up a story like that. A great thing about our system is transparency, court filings are public record. 47. The confidential and proprietary documents were taken from Silversea without Silversea’s knowledge or permission.[112] Lira admitted that he “took these documents to provide [himself] with a reference point in developing a direct sales channel which is an area [he has] expertise in” and one he was “developing for Crystal.”[113] 47. Lira later shared certain confidential documents he took from Silversea with one of his direct reports at Crystal Cruises, Lee Quittner.[114] Lira discussed the documents with Quittner, loaded the documents onto Quittner’s computer, and “instructed Mr. Quittner to use those documents as an outline of the things that he needed to do while working at Crystal Cruises.”[115

From the Seatrade article: '...... Lira does not dispute that he removed Silversea documents for his own benefit and without permission.'

This seems to be far (far) more than a non-compete dispute, Travel Weekly says he stole confidential Silversea information. Judge grants Silversea an injunction against former sales executive: Travel Weekly