Situation — Attack, leak or dispute

A salesperson left for a competitor with our client list: our clients are being approached one by one.

Context

He left a few weeks ago. Since then, your clients have been getting calls from a competitor. He knows their contracts, their renewal dates, sometimes their prices.

You are sure he took your client list. But you have to prove it.

The problem

  • Every client approached may leave, and you don't know who will be next.
  • Without evidence, your lawyer can do very little.
  • A clumsy search tips the person off or makes the evidence unusable.

Case study

Real-life caseJanuary 2025

Property management agency, Rennes

A property manager left a real estate agency. He had no non-compete clause, and set up his own property management company.

In his offices, a court bailiff found a list of the buildings he used to manage, with notes specific to the agency: mandate end dates, accountants' initials. His company approached the clients in line with these dates, rating each one "sure", "likely" or "maybe".

The competitor won 8 of the agency's 44 buildings. On 14 January 2025, the Rennes Court of Appeal found unfair competition and ordered his company to pay four thousand euros in damages. The evidence came from the bailiff's report.

Read the sourceUnfair competition: complicity of the company set up by a former employee — Open Lefebvre Dalloz (opens in a new tab)

Why us?

  • We collect traces on work computers and accounts, discreetly, together with your management and HR.
  • Each piece of evidence is copied and timestamped, with a record of who handled it and when: your lawyer can use it.
  • We reconstruct what was copied, when, and where to.
  • You then decide based on the facts: drop the matter, confront the person, or hand the file to your lawyer.

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