Key legal question
Whether the employee's participation in exploratory talks for a possible future company constituted just cause for immediate dismissal under Art. 337 CO.
Extracted holding
No. The conduct did not amount to a sufficiently serious breach of loyalty, nor to concurrent competitive activity or poaching of colleagues.
Extracted reasoning
The meeting was preliminary, the project remained embryonic, the proposed company targeted a different market, and no further concrete steps or harm to the employer were shown.