It's truly rare to secure a resounding win on your case right out of the gate, meaning even before any document discovery or depositions have been held. Yet, that's precisely what happened for our client in a New York County case just last month, where our client claimed that the defendant, its former employee, was liable for tortious interference with its ongoing business relationships, breach of his employment agreement and fiduciary duties, and for other assorted relief.
More specifically, the Court held that not only was our client entitled to a temporary restraining order ("TRO") preventing this former employee from continuing in his acts that threatened to harm them, but our client was entitled to an order preventing him from those activities for the entire duration of the litigation in the form of a preliminary injunction (which, as you might imagine, is not at all easy to get).
But that wasn't all.
The Court granted our pre-answer motion to dismiss the defendant's counterclaims asserting that he had certain rights as a "partner" in our client's business, including monies owed. In other words, the Court dismissed the defendant's assertions out of hand - even before he had a chance to tie his proverbial sneakers.
A copy of the decision can be accessed here.
