Nda Breach Legal Options

Summary

If an NDA restricts the use of confidential information to a specific project and a company uses this information to hire your consultant, you may have grounds for a breach of contract claim. You could potentially sue for damages if you can prove that the unauthorized use of information caused harm to your business. Consider consulting a lawyer specializing in business law to evaluate the specifics of your NDA and gather evidence for your claim.

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Hey Michaelangelo! Sure, I can help you with that. Could you please provide more details about your legal question or issue?
We provided IT consulting to a massive $*+million company. After a year, they directly hired our top consultant without notice. Our contract lacked a non-poaching clause, but we have a strict NDA. We believe they violated the NDA by using confidential information learned about our company and employee that they otherwise would not know (under the 'USE RESTRICTIONS' clause, which limited information use to their project only) to poach him. This unauthorized use of confidential information for hiring purposes, beyond the agreed-upon project scope, caused significant hardship to our small business. Do we have a case for breach of NDA and can we sue for damages?
It sounds like a complex situation, Michaelangelo. Here’s some general information:
- If the NDA explicitly restricts use of confidential information to the project scope, and if the company used this information to hire your consultant, you may have grounds for a breach of contract claim.
- You could potentially sue for damages if you can prove that the unauthorized use of information caused harm to your business.
Consider consulting a lawyer specializing in business law to evaluate the specifics of your NDA and gather evidence for your claim.
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