RIM complains Moto not letting it hire laid-off employees

Research In Motion Ltd. and Motorola Inc. continue to squabble in court regarding the future of employees that Motorola has already terminated or plans to fire, according to court records.
RIM, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone line, filed a complaint Tuesday in state circuit court in Chicago claiming that Motorola is improperly blocking the Canadian company from offering jobs to laid-off Motorola workers.
The complaint stems from a nondisclosure accord the companies agreed to in February, according to court records. The companies agreed to exchange information about a confidential matter and the deal expired in August.
In September, Motorola, which is based in Schaumburg, Ill., sued RIM in violation of the agreement. Motorola asked a judge to bar RIM from using Motorola’s confidential information or trying to hire Motorola employees.
RIM contends Motorola is trying to expand the expired agreement “to prevent the RIM entities from hiring any Motorola employees, including the thousands of employees Motorola has already fired or will fire,” according to RIM’s complaint.
Officials for RIM and Motorola could not be reached for comment.