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Law.com On Rubin & Associates—The Firm That Sues Brokers

When a broker jumps from one firm to another, and the firm sues--claiming its customer lists are a trade secret and that former employees shouldn’t be allowed to solicit clients--the law firm that Merrill Lynch and some other firms retain is Rubin & Associates of Paoli, Pa. As has been reported in RR, Greg Rubin, who heads the law firm, invented the broker-suing strategy some two decades ago. A profile

When a broker jumps from one firm to another, and the firm sues--claiming its customer lists are a trade secret and that former employees shouldn’t be allowed to solicit clients--the law firm that Merrill Lynch and some other firms retain is Rubin & Associates of Paoli, Pa.

As has been reported in RR, Greg Rubin, who heads the law firm, invented the broker-suing strategy some two decades ago.

A profile of the firm appears on law.com’s Legal Intelligencer service.

To read more about Rubin & Associates at law.com, click here: www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZ1765LFLC&live=true&cst=1&pc=2&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0

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