June 05, 2017
Life insurance and financial services marketing firm First Financial urged a California federal court on Friday to reject a bid by Freedom Equity to win a new trial after being tagged with a $1.2 million jury verdict for hiring away more than 1,400 sales contractors from its rival.
April 18, 2017
A San Jose, California, jury awarded $1.2 million in damages to life insurance and financial services marketing firm First Financial Security Inc. on Tuesday, finding its rival Freedom Equity Group LLC induced a breach of contract by hiring away 1,400 lower-level sales contractors.
April 10, 2017
Freedom Equity Group LLC poached more than 1,400 sales agents from its rival First Financial Security Inc., inducing them to break noncompete agreements and costing the life insurance company more than $1.6 million in damages, a First Financial attorney told a California federal jury at the trial's start on Monday.