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Proskauer settles with ex-COO accused of stealing delicate info earlier than new job
Proskauer Rose has reached a confidential settlement with a former chief working officer accused of downloading delicate info earlier than a deliberate transfer to a competitor regulation agency. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Proskauer Rose has reached a confidential settlement with a former chief working officer accused of downloading delicate info earlier than a deliberate transfer to a competitor regulation agency.
U.S. District Choose Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York dismissed Proskauer’s lawsuit towards former COO Jonathan O’Brien on Friday after the events reached an settlement in precept. On the identical day, Torres issued a everlasting injunction to bar O’Brien from preserving or utilizing Proskauer’s “proprietary, confidential and/or commerce secret info.”
Law360 reported on the dismissal order and injunction. Reuters, Bloomberg Law and Law.com even have protection of the settlement, made public in a authorized submitting on Thursday.
Proskauer had accused O’Brien in January 2023 of performing in a “brazen and malicious” method by downloading 34 gigabytes of information.
He was additionally accused of printing a “black e-book binder” exhibiting accomplice compensation and efficiency, in addition to allocation of the agency’s earnings. He had claimed that he took the data with him, in order that he may work whereas on a trip in Africa.
The agency additionally alleged in a revised May 2023 suit that O’Brien withheld raises and promotions for key Proskauer workers to spur resentment and make them amenable to becoming a member of his would-be new agency, Paul Hastings. Proskauer additionally alleged that O’Brien defrauded the agency by “pervasive and protracted” expense abuses and reimbursement fraud.
Paul Hastings withdrew the job offer when Proskauer’s swimsuit grew to become public.
