Post-Departure Former Client Solicitation Supplanting Allegation State
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-DepartureFormerClientSolicitationSupplantingAllegationState
Definition
State in which engineers who have departed from a firm and formed a competing enterprise have contacted the former firm's clients — including clients with projects under active discussion but not yet formally awarded — and the former employer alleges that such contact constitutes unethical supplanting of the existing professional relationship. This state captures the tension between the departing engineers' legitimate right to compete and the former employer's claim that the contacts violate anti-supplanting norms, particularly where no formal engagement or contract existed with the prospective clients.
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Definition
State in which engineers who have departed from a firm and formed a competing enterprise have contacted the former firm's clients — including clients with projects under active discussion but not yet formally awarded — and the former employer alleges that such contact constitutes unethical supplanting of the existing professional relationship. This state captures the tension between the departing engineers' legitimate right to compete and the former employer's claim that the contacts violate anti-supplanting norms, particularly where no formal engagement or contract existed with the prospective clients.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Firm B promptly contacted the former clients of Firm A, including some former clients of Firm A which had projects under discussion with Firm A, but for which specific selection or negotiation had not taken place
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which engineers who have departed from a firm and formed a competing enterprise have contacted the former firm's clients — including clients with projects under active discussion but not yet formally awarded — and the former employer alleges that such contact constitutes unethical supplanting of the existing professional relationship. This state captures the tension between the departing engineers' legitimate right to compete and the former employer's claim that the contacts violate anti-supplanting norms, particularly where no formal engagement or contract existed with the prospective clients." ;
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
8b366bc99535feee...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
168
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T02:37:30.453400+00:00
First Discovered In Case
168
Generated
2026-03-02T02:37:30.453400+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 168 Extraction