Legal Opinion
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith v. Schwartz
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided February 5, 1998No. 5:98-cv-00033PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
OWENS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith (“Merrill Lynch”) has sued defendant Schwartz to enforce various covenants prohibiting Schwartz, who recently left for a competing brokerage firm, from soliciting Merrill Lynch clients whose accounts he managed or learned of during his thirty years as a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch. Both parties agree that the case is subject to mandatory and binding arbitration before the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, plaintiff has moved for a preliminary…
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