Project Experience

Star Talent Defection/HR Issues Resulted in Legal Action

Client Situation
Our client, a fast-growing optical telecommunications start-up, hired an outstanding sales person from a rival who promptly filed for an injunction claiming that the information known to the salesperson was confidential and proprietary.

Fuld Approach
Fuld & Company was hired to demonstrate exactly what types of information could be obtained through legal and ethical means and was therefore public vs. what would be confidential and proprietary. As part of this effort, Fuld & Company attended a large optical networking technology conference and spoke with representatives of the rival and its key customers who were attending or presenting at the conference.

Benefits and Implications
The results of these discussions plus additional secondary and primary research demonstrated that the vast majority of the information cited in the request for the injunction was in fact public and allowed our client to put its new hire to work quickly.
For more information on star talent defection/HR issues resulted in legal action, please contactMark Chodnowsky at mchodnowsky@fuld.com