Firm B Pre-Award Client Solicitation Without Supplanting Violation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/168#Firm_B_Pre-Award_Client_Solicitation_Without_Supplanting_Violation
Properties
Instance of
Pre-AwardProspectiveClientCompetitiveSolicitationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Pre-AwardProspectiveClientCompetitiveSolicitationState
Active period
Following departure of four engineers from Engineer A's firm through their competitive outreach to former clients
Affected parties
Engineer A
Firm B (four departing engineers)
Former clients of Engineer A
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Subject
Firm B's solicitation of Engineer A's former clients where no contract or negotiation for specific work existed
Terminated by
Not resolved in the text; supplanting rule found inapplicable
Triggering event
Formation of Firm B and initiation of competitive solicitation of Engineer A's former clients
Urgency level
low
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A did not have an existing contract, nor was he engaged in negotiations for a particular project relative to the contacts made by Firm B with former clients of Engineer A.
Text references
Engineer A did not have an existing contract, nor was he engaged in negotiations for a particular project relative to the contacts made by Firm B with former clients of Engineer A.
To that extent, and under those facts, the four engineers of Firm B had a right to seek assignments from the former clients of Engineer A.
TTL
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case168:Firm_B_Pre-Award_Client_Solicitation_Without_Supplanting_Violation a proeth:Pre-AwardProspectiveClientCompetitiveSolicitationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Firm B Pre-Award Client Solicitation Without Supplanting Violation" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Following departure of four engineers from Engineer A's firm through their competitive outreach to former clients" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"Firm B (four departing engineers)",
"Former clients of Engineer A" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "168" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T02:38:44.069939+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "168" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T02:38:44.069939+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A did not have an existing contract, nor was he engaged in negotiations for a particular project relative to the contacts made by Firm B with former clients of Engineer A." ;
proeth:stateclass "Pre-Award Prospective Client Competitive Solicitation State" ;
proeth:subject "Firm B's solicitation of Engineer A's former clients where no contract or negotiation for specific work existed" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not resolved in the text; supplanting rule found inapplicable" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A did not have an existing contract, nor was he engaged in negotiations for a particular project relative to the contacts made by Firm B with former clients of Engineer A.",
"To that extent, and under those facts, the four engineers of Firm B had a right to seek assignments from the former clients of Engineer A." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Formation of Firm B and initiation of competitive solicitation of Engineer A's former clients" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "low" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 168 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T02:59:28.920376"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 168 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
168
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T02:38:44.069939+00:00
First case
168
Generated
2026-03-02T02:38:44.069939+00:00
Attributed to
Case 168 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T02:59:28.920376
Generated by
ProEthica Case 168 Extraction