Legal Opinion

Hay Group, Inc. v. E.B.S. Acquisition Corp., Pricewaterhousecoopers L.L.P.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 12, 2004No. 03-1161, 03-1162PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) and E.B.S., non-parties to an arbitration, seek to avoid compliance with an arbitration panel’s subpoena requiring them to turn over documents prior to the panel’s hearing. The District Court enforced the subpoena. We reverse.

I

Hay Group (“Hay”) is a management consulting firm. David A. Hoffrichter left Hay’s employment and joined PwC in September 1999. In early 2002, PwC sold the division employing Hoffrichter to E.B.S.

Hoffrichter’s separation agreement from Hay contained a clause that forbade him from soliciting any of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  3. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Energy Gathering, Inc., John Fox, Movant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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