Firm B Engineers Specialized Knowledge Constraint Specific Projects Former Clients
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/168#Firm_B_Engineers_Specialized_Knowledge_Constraint_Specific_Projects_Former_Clients
Properties
Instance of
SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation
Case context
One or more of the four departing engineers had been involved with former clients of Engineer A on specific projects while in his employ, and subsequently solicited those same clients for the same or related work after forming Firm B
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
One or more of the four departing engineers of Firm B
Obligation statement
One or more of the four engineers who left Engineer A were constrained from competing for specific projects of former clients of Engineer A on which they had gained particular and specialized knowledge while employed by Engineer A, without the consent of all interested parties.
Temporal scope
Upon solicitation of former clients for projects involving specialized knowledge gained during employment
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Specialized Knowledge Constraint Triggered by Pri or Project Involvement
Source Evidence
Source text
It is not nearly so clear, however, with regard to the latter portion of §7(a), as related to practice in connection with a specific project for which the employed engineer has gained particular and specialized knowledge.
Text references
It is not nearly so clear, however, with regard to the latter portion of §7(a), as related to practice in connection with a specific project for which the employed engineer has gained particular and specialized knowledge.
We are told that in some instances one or more of the four engineers who left A had been involved with former clients of A while in his employ, and we interpret that statement of fact to apply to specific projects under consideration at the time.
TTL
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case168:Firm_B_Engineers_Specialized_Knowledge_Constraint_Specific_Projects_Former_Clients a proeth:SpecializedKnowledgePost-DepartureCompetitionConstraintObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Firm B Engineers Specialized Knowledge Constraint Specific Projects Former Clients" ;
proeth:casecontext "One or more of the four departing engineers had been involved with former clients of Engineer A on specific projects while in his employ, and subsequently solicited those same clients for the same or related work after forming Firm B" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case168:Specialized_Knowledge_Constraint_Triggered_by_Prior_Project_Involvement ;
proeth:discoveredincase "168" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T02:48:55.985109+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "168" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T02:48:55.985109+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "One or more of the four departing engineers of Firm B" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Specialized Knowledge Post-Departure Competition Constraint Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "One or more of the four engineers who left Engineer A were constrained from competing for specific projects of former clients of Engineer A on which they had gained particular and specialized knowledge while employed by Engineer A, without the consent of all interested parties." ;
proeth:sourcetext "It is not nearly so clear, however, with regard to the latter portion of §7(a), as related to practice in connection with a specific project for which the employed engineer has gained particular and specialized knowledge." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon solicitation of former clients for projects involving specialized knowledge gained during employment" ;
proeth:textreferences "It is not nearly so clear, however, with regard to the latter portion of §7(a), as related to practice in connection with a specific project for which the employed engineer has gained particular and specialized knowledge.",
"We are told that in some instances one or more of the four engineers who left A had been involved with former clients of A while in his employ, and we interpret that statement of fact to apply to specific projects under consideration at the time." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 168 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T02:59:28.931071"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 168 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
168
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T02:48:55.985109+00:00
First case
168
Generated
2026-03-02T02:48:55.985109+00:00
Attributed to
Case 168 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T02:59:28.931071
Generated by
ProEthica Case 168 Extraction