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Injunction prevents employee from contacting and recruiting former law firm’s clients
On the issue of irreparable harm, Judge Dow ruled there is “merit” in the submission that Jin had access “not only to the files opened for clients he recruited [to Chagpar]but all files of the plaintiff, given the evidence about the team approach taken at Chagpar & Associates, meaning all staff and lawyers work on all files.”
While the loss of potential fees from files transferred from one firm to another can be calculated, Dow wrote, the loss of potential files through referrals from Chagpar & Associates existing clientele, satisfied with the work performed and the result achieved, is “much…