Engineer A Departing Engineer Starting Competing Firm
Individual
98649265
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/127#Engineer_A_Departing_Engineer_Starting_Competing_Firm
Definition
Left Firm X after representing he would not compete, then started Firm Y, solicited Firm X's employee Engineer C, and made disparaging misrepresentations to Firm X's clients to divert business to Firm Y.
Properties
Parent
DepartingEngineerStartingCompetingFirm
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DepartingEngineerStartingCompetingFirm
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| firm_founded | Firm Y |
| prior_employer | Firm X |
| representation_made | Would not compete with Firm X |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | competitor |
| target | Firm X |
| type | former_employer |
| target | Firm X |
| type | recruiter |
| target | Engineer C |
| type | soliciting_competitor |
| target | Firm X Clients |
Role Category
employer_relationship
Role Class
Departing Engineer Starting Competing Firm
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A, a professional engineer working for a small private practice firm, leaves the employment of Firm X
Text References
Engineer A had represented that he was going to start his own one-person consulting firm, Firm Y, and that he would not be in the position of competing with Firm X
Engineer A has contacted Firm X's clients and is making representations that... Firm X will be 'hard pressed' to perform successfully
Engineer A has contacted one of Firm X's employees, Engineer C, and offered her a position with Firm Y
Engineer A, a professional engineer working for a small private practice firm, leaves the employment of Firm X
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
986492651e7b55a4...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
127
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-01T03:10:44.277110+00:00
First Case
127
Generated
2026-03-01T03:10:44.277110+00:00
Attributed To
Case 127 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T03:44:36.618087
Generated By
ProEthica Case 127 Extraction