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In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court
passed an injunction order against four lawyers including a Nigerian
national, restraining them and their representatives from using in any
manner the proprietary data and confidential information stolen from
their erstwhile employer Titus & Co. Advocates.
In this Data theft case that involved law firm
Titus & Co, its four employees had illegally copied and removed
electronic records including protected and confidential information
from computers belonging to Titus & Co. These lawyers later formed
a new organization relying on the pilfered data. Thereby action was
brought by Titus & Co against these former employees.
Restraining
them from using the "copied material" from their erstwhile employer
firm, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul ruled that the company had a right on
it but allowed the lawyers Alfred Adebare, (Nigerian) Seema Ahluwalia
Jhingan, Syed Alishan Naqvee and Dimpy Mohanty - to carry on their
profession and utilize the skills and information they had mentally
retained, according to a release from Titus & Co. Advocates. |