November 01, 2022
DLA Piper shot back at a sanctions bid from a legal recruiting firm that recently won a $3.6 million judgment against one of its ex-employees for trade secrets theft, calling the motion for fees "outlandish," given that the law firm withdrew from the case two years ago.
October 18, 2022
A legal recruiting firm that recently won a $3.6 million judgment against an ex-employee for trade secrets theft wants DLA Piper and Tauler Smith LLP sanctioned for their role in what it calls an "exceptional" case of "unreasonable and vexatious" litigation.
October 06, 2022
A legal industry recruiter hit with a $3.6 million judgment in a trade secrets battle told a Texas federal judge Thursday that his old employer's lawyer and its president have sent "menacing" emails amid collection efforts.
October 04, 2022
Citing what it said was their "vexatious" and "unreasonable" conduct in the case, a legal recruiting firm that recently won a $3.6 million judgment against an ex-employee has asked a federal judge to force DLA Piper and Tauler Smith LLP to pay a portion of the nearly $2 million it's seeking in fees.
September 19, 2022
A Texas federal court has concluded that a BigLaw recruiter who signed a noncompete agreement with his former employer must fork over $3.6 million, largely in placement fees he earned recruiting for law firms like Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
May 28, 2021
A federal magistrate judge has denied a legal recruiter's bid to disqualify his former company's counsel in a trade secrets suit, ruling that while the attorney may have to now be a witness at the trial, disqualifying him from pretrial proceedings would be premature.
March 29, 2021
An attorney recruiter battling his former employer over alleged trade secret theft told a Texas federal court he built his Asia-focused business "from the ground up" and should see the claims against him thrown out.
March 08, 2021
A Texas federal magistrate judge issued a scathing order Monday in a dispute between a BigLaw recruiter and his former employer, denying the latest subpoena bid from an attorney for the recruiter and saying his "patience has run out" for any more combative filings.
December 18, 2020
A Texas federal judge on Friday issued a scathing order in a dispute between a BigLaw recruiter and his former employer, telling an attorney for the recruiter that the court has already warned him it would not tolerate his "scorched earth discovery tactics" and ordering him to show cause why he should not be sanctioned.
April 28, 2020
A Texas federal judge blasted Kirkland & Ellis LLP in a discovery order requiring a legal recruiting firm's ex-employee to turn over documents in a trade secrets dispute, saying Kirkland "should be embarrassed" by the way it responded to the discovery request.