August 10, 2020
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has centralized in Missouri nearly a dozen antitrust lawsuits claiming equipment rental company EquipmentShare.com plundered rival Ahern Rentals Inc.'s market share by hiring away Ahern employees who had confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets.
December 13, 2019
Longtime equipment rental company Ahern Rentals Inc. on Friday sued newcomer EquipmentShare.com Inc., alleging that it orchestrated a "nationwide raiding operation" by hiring its workers who would provide the rival with stolen confidential information about Ahern's trade secrets, including its pay scale and business strategies.