After listening to arguments from Microsoft and Google lawyers for the past 2 days, Judge Steven Gonzalez of the Superior Court of the State of Washington will issue a ruling Tuesday that will decide whether a former Microsoft researcher can begin working immediately for Google. Kai-Fu Lee, the now-infamous ex-Microsoftie, left the software giant earlier this year to help start Google's China-based research labs. But Microsoft sued Google to prevent the defection, arguing that Lee's employment contract forbid him from joining a direct Microsoft competitor for 1 year after he left the company.
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