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Top So Cal Law Firms

Jun. 24, 2010

Staff Poaching Rises in the Downturn

As companies inch toward hiring again, employment lawyers foresee a renewed wave of unfair competition and trade secret litigation stemming from businesses poaching employees from their direct competitors.

By Catherine Ho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

As companies inch toward hiring again, employment lawyers foresee a renewed wave of unfair competition and trade secret litigation stemming from businesses poaching employees from their direct competitors.

"In lean times, these lawsuits are more prevalent because people are clinging to their employees who generate business," said Richard Frey, a partner at Venable in Los Ange...

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