Your boss has asked you to apply the cases ofCoady v. Harpo, Hallmark Cards v. Murley,andNulle v. Krewer, as well as the materials on agency to respond via email to him regarding the legal significance of the following situation.

Mr. Sheldon Cooper was employed by your company's real estate business to identify properties for acquisition. Sheldon used a company laptop to record work data for potential acquisition targets.Sheldon quit working for your company and started his own business.There was an employment contract with a clause preventing him from competing with your business for 2 years due to his knowledge of sensitive information about acquisitions. Before Sheldon quit, he downloaded all of the files on his assigned laptop to his personal laptop and then deleted all of the files on his work laptop.

Please respond to the situation: contains a summary of the fact situation, your discussion of this agency situation (including authority, duties, liabilities, etc. ), and use the 3 cases as precedent if applicable to your case.