November 16, 2017
Portions of a noncompete agreement that restricts an individual from working in a particular territory can't be enforced against a former Hibu Inc. employee who helped a competitor prepare to expand into that territory, a Kansas federal judge ruled Wednesday, while sending other claims to trial.
November 06, 2017
A Kansas federal judge on Monday allowed Latham & Watkins LLP to continue representing a former Hibu Inc. employee accused of breaching a noncompete agreement, saying the firm is not disqualified by a state conflict of interest rule just because two attorneys it hired away from Kirkland & Ellis LLP were.
October 25, 2017
Online marketing company Hibu Inc. has asked a Kansas federal judge to disqualify Latham & Watkins LLP from representing a sales manager it says tried to poach employees for a rival, following a recent decision that two Latham lawyers had a conflict from their time at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
October 06, 2017
A Kansas federal judge on Thursday blocked a pair of Latham & Watkins LLP lawyers from representing a sales manager defending a suit brought by his former employer Hibu Inc., saying their removal was necessitated by appearances they made for the company while they were at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
August 15, 2017
Two ex-Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys representing a sales manager in an employment dispute with Hibu Inc. blasted Hibu's attempt to kick them off the case as "threadbare" and "frivolous," telling a Kansas federal judge on Tuesday that they had never represented Hibu before leaving Kirkland.
August 01, 2017
A pair of ex-Kirkland & Ellis LLP lawyers who withdrew from the defense team in a noncompete case brought by Hibu against a former employee only to rejoin the matter at their new firm, Latham & Watkins LLP, should be disqualified, the marketing company told a Kansas federal court Monday.