[7Figures2Commas]

> Are you insinuating that 2 employees quitting a company together and starting a company in the same "general space" is reasonable grounds for a lawsuit?

If a former employer has reason to believe that the employees misappropriated intellectual property or otherwise violated the terms of their employment agreements in doing so, it has every right to seek to enforce its agreements and protect its interests.

Like it or not, when employees leave to start a company in the same general space, claims of misappropriation are more likely.

> And that's to the shame of our legal system, and to the detriment of our country's economy.

How? If a source code comparison will not be dispositive of Smule's claims against Shred's co-founders, why would a court rely on a source code comparison?

From what I can see, nobody has produced the actual filings in this case, so we don't know the exact claims, but other comments indicate that Smule isn't just claiming Shred's co-founders stole source code.