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LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC. v. CHROMATE INDUSTRIAL CORP.

No. 01 C 1793.

158 F.Supp.2d 860 (2001)

LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Premier Farnell, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Plaintiffs, v. CHROMATE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, a New York corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Gene Wrobel, James Vincent Garvey, Christopher S. Moore, Timothy J. Carroll, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Timothy John Heverin, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, IL, Samuel J. Najim, Jones Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiffs.

Deborah A. Devaney, Ellen Prince Zivitz, Lisa Zachary Fain, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Howard B. Kleinberg, Erica B. Garay, Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, Uniondale, NY, Jay V. Krafsur, Krafsur Law Group, LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

This case involves a dispute between competitors in the maintenance repair operations (MRO) industry over salesperson poaching. Plaintiffs Lawson Products, Inc. (Lawson) and Premier Farnell LLC (Premier) have alleged that defendant Chromate Industrial Corporation (Chromate) has gained access to confidential information and trade secrets by hiring away several Premier salespeople. Their complaint...

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