Arizona Lawyers Taking Action on Unfair Competition
Building and protecting a strong competitive position are important for every business owner-operator. Our attorneys and staff recognize the seriousness of any issue you may face involving a former key employee or other person making use of insider information to take business from you.
Whenever a key employee — from your COO or former partner to a sales representative who knows your customers well —— leaves your business, you may need to take action to stop unfair competition. Please contact our attorneys for sensitivity to your business concerns and experienced counsel on what to do.
You may need our legal counsel on enforcement of a noncompete agreement or to resolve a dispute over what a nondisclosure agreement covers. Whether or not you believe an employment agreement covers your concern, or that a breach of fiduciary duty has been committed, you may be able to take action for unfair use of information such as:
- Customer information databases
- Vendor or customer pricing structures
- A wide range of other business data that may be protected as trade secrets
- Marketing strategies, principles and business plans
Key Employee Hired by a Competitor? We Can Take Action.
Businesses sometimes hire people solely or primarily to get inside information they have about a former employer. That former employer could be you, and this could threaten your competitive position and valuable customer relationships.
In situations like these, we can take preemptive action by delivering strong notice to the new employer on precisely what information cannot legally be used to their business advantage.
We have handled unfair competition cases in which the interests of a business and its customers were at stake. In one case, a former key employee of an out of state bank with a location in Phoenix was making use of information about the bank’s customers. We were successful in taking action based on unfair competition laws. If customer information is in play, you may have an especially strong case.
Unfair Competition After Business Sales
When someone sells a business, that person typically has a lot of insider information. We encourage our clients to seek our counsel in completing such transactions and forming agreements that protect the business under its new ownership. If, however, you run into a situation where the party you bought a business from is engaging in unfair competition, we urge you to contact us for legal counsel and representation.
The business of our firm is business.
