[T]he causes of action relate to Claimant's allegation that Shields, Obrzut, and Stewart (collectively, the "Individual Respondents"), both before resigning from Claimant's employ and after commencing employment with Raymond James, engaged in improper solicitation of Claimant's clients. Claimant further alleges that the Individual Respondents improperly took Claimant's confidential client information to Raymond James.

[T]he causes of action relate to the Individual Respondents' allegation that following the resignations of the Individual Respondents, Claimant launched a campaign to destroy their careers in the financial services industry, as well as their personal reputations, by, among other things, making defamatory statements about them, refusing to identify their new employer to their clients, and initiating baseless litigation against them.

On September 27, 2018, Claimant filed a court Order denying its Motion for Temporary Restraining Order against the Individual Respondents. On December 11, 2018, Claimant filed a court Order granting its Motion for Preliminary Injunction against the Individual Respondents. On December 17, 2018, the parties filed a Stipulated Injunction and Order for the Panel's consideration. On January 10, 2020, the Panel executed the Stipulated Injunction and Order. Thereafter, this matter remained open on all remaining issues and damages. 

On December 9, 2019, Respondents filed a Motion for Sanctions Against Claimant for Failure to Comply with Discovery Order ("Motion for Sanctions"). On December 19, 2019, Claimant filed an opposition to the Motion for Sanctions. On December 24, 2019, Respondents filed a Reply in Support of the Motion for Sanctions. In an Order dated December 30, 2019, the Panel ruled that arguments on the Motion for Sanctions would be heard at the evidentiary hearing.

A. A permanent injunction enjoining and restraining the Individual Respondents, directly or indirectly, and whether alone or in concert with others, including but not limited to any director, officer, agent, employee and/or representative of Raymond James, from: 

(1) soliciting, attempting, to solicit, inducing to leave or attempting to induce to leave, through August 3, 2019, any client of Claimant serviced by the Individual Respondents at Claimant or whose name became known to the Individual Respondents by virtue of their employment with Claimant (or any of its predecessors in interest); and 

(2) using, disclosing, or transmitting for any purpose Claimant's documents, materials and/or confidential and proprietary information pertaining to Claimant, Claimant's employees, and/or Claimant's clients; 

B. A permanent injunction enjoining and restraining Respondents, directly or indirectly, and whether alone or in concert with others, from using, disclosing or transmitting for any purpose any confidential or proprietary information belonging to or concerning Claimant (or any affiliates or predecessors in interest), its clients or employees, that was provided to Raymond James by the Individual Respondents; 

C. An order directing Respondents, and all those acting in concert with them, including but not limited to the directors, officers, employees, and agents of Raymond James, to return to Claimant all records, documents, and/or information in whatever form (whether original, copied, computerized, electronically stored, or handwritten), pertaining to Claimant's (or its affiliates or predecessors in interest) clients, employees, and business in the possession, custody, and/or control of Respondents; . . .