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Description: Georgetown, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a business dispute.

Four employees left one Williamson County hospice provider-Palliative Plus LLC d/b/a Paloma Hospice and Palliative Care (Paloma)-to work for another-A Assure Hospice, Inc. d/b/a Divinity Hospice (Divinity). After additional Paloma employees and several Paloma patients followed the departing staff to Divinity, Paloma and its owners, Sathyajith Nair and Kellie Gibson (collectively, the Paloma parties), sued Divinity, its former employees (Mitch Epps, Justin Hunter, Alexander "Alex" Stevens, and Melissa Stevens; collectively, the former employee defendants), and Divinity's owners (Jason Campbell, Jay Campbell, and Mike Pena; collectively, the Divinity officers) for misappropriating trade secrets and breaching fiduciary duties.[1] The trial court granted the Divinity parties' traditional and no-evidence motions for summary judgment, dismissing the Paloma parties' claims with prejudice.

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Legal issue Did the former employees and their new employer misappropriate trade secrets and breach fiduciary duties when transitioning from one hospice provider to another?

Key Phrases Misappropriation of trade secrets. Breach of fiduciary duty. Noncompete agreement claims. Aiding-and-abetting claims. Summary judgment motion.

Outcome: Affirmed

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