Amazon drops non-compete lawsuit against former exec who went to work for a startup (AMZN)

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June 23, 2017 8:21 PM

Smartsheet's Gene Farrell agreed to some temporary restrictions on his role to appease his former employer, Amazon

Gene Farrell gets to resume his role as SVP at Smartsheet.

Looks like Smartsheet gets to keep its new hire.

Amazon has dropped its suit against Gene Farrell, a former executive at its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division who recently took a job with Smartsheet. The e-commerce giant had charged that Farrell has violated his non-compete agreement with Amazon by going to work with the cloud-based project-management software provider.

Amazon dismissed the suit after Farrell and Smartsheet agreed to some "temporary restrictions" on his role at the company, Smartsheet said in a statement.

"We are pleased to have Gene back on the team as we continue to focus on serving our customers and growing our business," the company said.

The two sides were supposed to take part in a court hearing on Friday as part of the had violated his

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