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West Sue RizeUp For Stealing Info and
Clients As Judge Asks If Case Only Civil
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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May 2 – West Publishing's
FindLaw division has sued
former employees for, it says,
leaving and using non-public
information to steal clients
for their new business, RizeUp
Media.
On May 2, U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Paul A.
Engelmayer held a proceeding.
Inner City Press covered it.
West's lawyer said one of the
former employees, upon
receiving a cease and desist
letter from West, quit RizeUp.
Judge Engelmayer asked
pointedly if this was only a
civil case.
But counsel
for RizeUp said the
information taken wasn't
non-public, and that the
number of clients who moved
was known, and limited.
Still West
wants a preliminary
injunction, and prepares for a
June 7 hearing.
The case is West
Publishing Corporation v.
Williams, et al., 22-cv-2383
(Engelmayer)
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