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Perspective

Apr. 22, 2010

Secrets to Winning an Unfair Business Practices Case

Mark Russakow of Russakow | Ryan | Johnson examines the use of temporary restraining orders by companies to knock the new competitor out of business.

By Mark L. Russakow

It happens all the time. One of the top executives at a successful company, often a leading salesperson who has established close relationships with a number of clients, leaves the company and founds a new one. The former company assumes, reasonably enough, that some of its existing clients may soon follow the former employee to his new company. They decide to file a lawsuit to try and prevent this from happening.

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