CHALLENGE
A large Houston based drilling
company, was recently confronted with a situation where three
long-time senior-level executives had accepted offers of employment
with a competitor drilling company. The company did not have
an employment contract or a noncompete agreement with any
of the three executives but did have a confidentiality agreement
signed by the three employees. The General Counsel needed,
within a short time span, information on what remedies were
available, if any, against the departing executives, before
deciding whether to engage outside counsel.
SOLUTION
The General Counsel asked
LegalEase Solutions to prepare a memorandum on what remedies
the company may have against the departing executives. LegalEase
Solutions, within three days, prepared an advisory memorandum
detailing the various remedies that the company had, and the
strength of each remedy, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
The memorandum prepared
by LegalEase Solutions, provided the General Counsel with
an efficient and affordable tool with which he made an informed
decision as to whether litigation was an appropriate response,
and if so, what type of a legal team to assemble. The company
reaped the following advantages by using LegalEase Solutions:
- Increased capacity to deal with an important legal issue,
without involving outside counsel
- Quick turn-around time on needed legal information
- Increased control over decision-making before involving
outside counsel
- Significant cost savings by not involving outside counsel
on preliminary research
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