Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-6282.
December 7, 2010
ORDER
AND NOW, this 7th day of December, 2010, upon consideration of Plaintiff EXL Laboratories, LLC's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order (ECF No. 3), Plaintiff's Complaint (ECF No. 1), Defendant's Brief in Support of Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order (ECF No. 15), all documents submitted in support thereof and in opposition thereto, and after a hearing in open court, it is ORDERED as follows:
1. Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED.
2. Defendants Kris Egolf and Dale Dry are hereby RESTRAINED and ENJOINED as follows:
A. Defendants shall immediately cease and desist all activities involving the access, use and disclosure of Plaintiff's confidential, proprietary and trade secret information in any manner whatsoever, and in any form, including, but not limited to, disclosure to representatives of Bou-Matic, LLC and Jones Dairy Services, Inc.;
B. Defendants shall immediately return any and all confidential and proprietary information belonging to Plaintiff in whatever form such information exists, including, but not limited to, any and all documents and copies thereof that are currently in Defendants' possession.
3. A hearing on Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction is scheduled for Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 8-A, United States Courthouse, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4. Defendants are directed to participate in expedited discovery pending the preliminary injunction hearing.
5. This Order shall remain in full force and effect until the hearing on Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
6. This Order shall become effective upon issuance by Plaintiff of a surety bond in the amount of $25,000.00.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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