Walmart Sues Its Former Head of Tax for Jumping to Amazon
Bloomberg is reporting that Walmart Inc. sued its former chief tax officer for violating her employment agreement by defecting to online rival Amazon Inc., the latest broadside in the slugfest between the two retail giants.
Walmart, citing contractual terms, is trying to block Lisa Wadlin, Walmart’s senior vice president and top tax executive, from taking the Amazon position until May 2020 and bar her from handing over “sensitive business information obtained at Walmart.”
Reporters Jef Feeley and Matthew Boyle write that Walmart’s suit claims that Wadlin “wrongfully left the Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain last month to move to Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Walmart officials said Wednesday in a lawsuit.”
