Experience

• Reliable Media Management
  Schiff Hardin represented the defendants in this case alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of restrictive covenants and interference with customer relationships.
  


• The Quaker Oats Company
  Schiff Hardin represented PepsiCo plaintiffs in two cases involving a dispute with their former ad agency, which had subsequently been retained by a direct competitor in the soft drink industry.
  


• PepsiCo, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin filed an action on behalf of PepsiCo, Inc. against a former employee and his new employer, The Quaker Oats Company, seeking emergency and permanent injunctive relief.
  


• Palmer & Cay - Defense of Company and Executive
  Schiff Hardin defended Palmer & Cay and one of its executives in a lawsuit filed by the executive's former employer.
  


• Palmer & Cay - Breach of Agreements
  Schiff Hardin defended Palmer & Cay in this case brought by Aon Risk Services Inc. of Florida alleging breach of non-competition and confidentiality contracts.
  


• Merial Ltd.
  Schiff Hardin represented Merial Ltd. in this suit against a former employee for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of confidentiality covenant.
  


• Trade Secret Case Successfully Settled
  Schiff Hardin represented a marketing consultant who had recently been hired by a competitor of one of his former clients.
  


• K-Tube
  Schiff Hardin successfully prosecuted a two-month jury trial of a trade secrets case in San Diego on behalf of our client, K-Tube Corporation.
  


• Kraft Pizza Company
  Schiff Hardin represented Kraft Pizza Company in this case against a former ACNielsen marketing consultant and the competitor that he joined in the frozen pizza business.
  


• Keebler
  Our client, Keebler Corporation, asked us to represent its interests in trade secrets litigation that tested the limits of the inevitable disclosure doctrine we established in PepsiCo v. Redmond.
  


• Joseph Boden
  Schiff Hardin represented Joseph Boden against allegations of breach of a non-competition agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets in the concentrate juice business.
  


• Schiff Hardin Assists Iron Data with Merger
  Schiff Hardin represented Iron Data, a developer and manager of proprietary data processing systems, in its acquisition of Versa Systems of Toronto, Canada.
  


• Insurance Auto Auctions
  Schiff Hardin was retained by one of our clients to investigate whether one of its former employees had taken our client's confidential documents and trade secrets with him upon his departure from the company.
  


• Swift Response Helps Bankruptcy Client
  Schiff Hardin represented a manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders for original equipment manufacturers in a Chapter 11 filing and a Section 363 sale of substantially all of its assets under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
  


• Hogan
  Schiff Hardin represented Hogan and his new employer, Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc., in defeating FX Network's motion for a temporary restraining order and then later in defeating FX Network's motion for a preliminary injunction.
  


• Pro Bono Victory for Harlem Arts School
  Schiff Hardin achieved victory on behalf of a prominent New York City cultural institution in a highly contentious dispute with a former senior executive.
  


• Consulting Merger for Griffin Strategic Advisors
  Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's Private Companies Group assisted Griffin Strategic Advisors, LLC, a comprehensive strategy and operations management consulting firm, in its acquisition by Acosta Sales and Marketing.
  


• Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin successfully defeated an employer's motion for a temporary restraining order against a former employee seeking to prevent the employee from taking a new position with a competitor.
  


• Executive Wealth Management
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented the defendants, defeating the motion for preliminary injunction after the evidentiary hearing.
  


• Schiff Hardin Prevails in Appeal of Title VII Retaliation Suit
  Schiff Hardin attorneys successfully defended their client, a nuclear power plant operator, in an appeal involving alleged retaliation against a former employee.
  


• Dorel Industries Inc. and Cannondale Bicycle Corporation
  Schiff Hardin acted as lead counsel in a major transaction for a public company that made business news headlines all over North America.
  


• Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc.
  Schiff Hardin helped Clear Channel's to protect its trade secrets and to enforce its contract with a departing employee, including non-compete and confidentiality provisions.
  


• Caine & Weiner Company
  Schiff Hardin represented defendants in this action filed by their former employer for breach of restrictive covenants and misappropriation of trade secrets.
  


• AT&T Wireless
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. and Claircom Communications against plaintiff's allegations of trade secret misappropriation, in a case arising from air-to-ground telephone service technology for airline passengers.
  


• Arthur J. Gallagher
  Schiff Hardin defended Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in this dispute regarding its hiring of approximately 100 employees formerly employed by a competitor.
  


• Antec Corporation
  Schiff Hardin represented plaintiff Antec Corporation in this suit against a departing employee for his misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of restrictive covenants.
  


• Ameriwood Industries, Inc.
  Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's Chicago office obtained a significant victory for our client in a lawsuit against several of its former executives.