Wholesale Seafood Company
Client Background
Our client is a seafood wholesale company which hired sales personnel from a competitor.
Client Situation
The competitor filed suit claiming the new employees stole protectable trade secrets and sought to enjoin their employment and recover all decreases in business following the employees' departure.
Primary Goals
Our primary goal was to deny trade secrets were involved, defeat the claims of the former employer of misappropriation and to allow the employees and our client to continue to compete successfully.
Anticipated Problems
There was a direct correlation between a substantial decrease in the former employer's business and increase in our client's business with the dates of the hire of the new employees, with many customers of the former employer switching to our client.
Service Summary
We represented the clients and the new employees through all pretrial activities up to and including the first day of trial.
Results
The case settled on the first day of trial on a highly favorable basis, allowing the employees to continue working for our client and allowing our client to continue his success in competing in the industry.