The plaintiff staffing firm lost big in Instant Technology, LLC v. DeFazio, 2014 WL 1759184 (N.D. IL 2014). The Northern District Court found for the defendants on the plaintiff’s non-compete counts (see prior post) as well as on its trade secrets, tortious interference and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Trade Secrets Analysis The ex-employee defendants signed broad non-disclosure agreements that prevented them from …
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IT Recruiting Firm’s Non-Compete and Trade Secrets Claims Against Former Employees Fail – ND IL (Part I of II)
In Instant Technology, LLC v. DeFazio, 2014 WL 1759184, the Northern District of Illinois examines Illinois non-compete law, trade secrets rules and a slew of business torts in the context of a heated battle between rival recruiting firms and some of their key employees. This article distills the case’s key restrictive covenant principles. Part II of …
Student Loan Discharge In Bankruptcy: How Hard Is It?
In Steven Harper’s The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession In Crisis, the author (quoting a newspaper article) describes Federally guaranteed student loans as the closest thing to a debtor prison in existence. Lawyer Bubble, p. 11. This statement, while jarring, has some empirical support. In the book, Harper cites bankruptcy code changes that have made it virtually impossible to get student …
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