NAV Consulting Inc. v. Kumawat

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION NAV CONSULTING, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 1:22-CV-03624 ) v. ) ) Judge Edmond E. Chang ABHISHEK KUMAWAT and ) FORMIDIUM CORP., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This trade-secret and employment-separation case arises out of the departure of longtime employee Abhishek Kumawat from hedge-fund services company NAV Consulting.1 Kumawat left to join one of NAV’s competitors, Formidium (formerly known as Sudrania Fund Services, or SFS). After NAV filed its complaint and a mo- tion for preliminary…