I do not have experience with this matter since I haven’t been able to work in a company where I have to deal with this matter but I do have to agree with Zmh4 on his point of view, it seem it was a violation of an NDA or CDA, the reason why I believe that is a violation is because when it comes to agreements, they should different from each company this will prevent any law sue in the future by other companies that they might not like the idea of using their agreements in other company.