A federal judge declined Wednesday to issue a temporary restraining order against seven former Marsh employees who resigned to join Howden.
The case follows Marsh securing a partial injunction against several senior executives, named in an earlier lawsuit, who joined the rival brokerage.
In Marsh USA LLC v. Alfred Gronovius, Andrea Amodeo, Carlos Serio, Giovanni Perez, Janette Wilcox, Nathan Collins and Richard Lennerth, filed earlier this month, Marsh accused the former managers and client executives in the company’s Florida zone of misappropriating confidential information and breaching their employment contracts. The group had joined the group of ex-senior Marsh executives Howden recruited in the summer.
Marsh alleges that Howden and the senior executives hatched a scheme to lure 90 former Marsh employees to Howden and its success “depended on a second tier of senior personnel,” who were named in the second suit.
In September, a federal judge issued a partial injunction against the four senior executives, led by Michael Parrish, who is now Howden U.S. retail chief.
In the second case, a federal judge in New York denied Marsh’s TRO request and Howden’s motion to stay the proceedings. The judge, Jennifer L. Rochon, scheduled a hearing for Feb. 12 on Marsh’s request for a preliminary injunction.