National Economic Research Associates, Inc. v. Evans

Gants, Ralph D., J.

On March 15, 2004, the defendant David S. Evans (“Evans") resigned his employment as Senior Vice President and Director of the plaintiff National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (“NERA”), an economic consulting firm, and the next day commenced employment with the defendants LECG Corporation and LECG, LLC (collectively, “LECG”), a competitor of NERA, performing essentially the same work he had performed at NERA. Soon thereafter, NERA (and its corporate parent, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (“M&M”)) filed the instant action against Evans and LECG, alleging:

that Evans…