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The AmLaw Litigation Daily
A team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher led by Harris Mufson secured an injunction for insurance client Marsh against U.K. broker Howden and seven former Marsh managers and account executives based in Florida who left to launch Howden’s Sunshine State operations. According to court filings, Marsh has seen 160 Marsh employees and more than 80 clients move to Howden as part of a mass hire launched last year. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon in Manhattan held this week that Marsh was likely to succeed on its breach-of-contract claims against the former employees and its tortious interference claims against Howden. Rochon barred further solicitation of Marsh employees and clients, or misuse of confidential Marsh information, which she ordered to be returned. The judge, however, stopped short of barring Howden and the former employees from servicing former Marsh clients presently at Howden, finding that such a move would deny customers the brokers of their choice, without any evidence that the customers would return to Marsh.
The Gibson team representing Marsh includes partner Brian Richman and of counsel Amanda Machin.
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