HOUSTON, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cameron
International Corp. dropped a non-compete agreement lawsuit against
oilfield services company FMC Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd and
one of its employees after losing key motions in court.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas
in Houston granted a joint motion
to dismiss the case with prejudice. She previously found that
Cameron's non-compete contract was overly broad and rejected the
company's motion for an injunction to prevent former employee
Steven Abbiss from working in the
Middle East.
FMC and Mr. Abbiss are represented by Ahmad, Zavitsanos,
Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. (or AZA) partner Todd Mensing and associates Sammy Ford IV and Doug
Salisbury. For more on the firm, please see
http://www.azalaw.com/.
Judge Atlas rejected Cameron's argument that Mr. Abbiss, who was
responsible solely for Oman and
Yemen operations, heard
confidential information related to the company's operations
throughout the Middle East. The
judge determined that what Mr. Abbiss heard was generic discussion
and did not bar him from working for FMC in markets outside
Oman and Yemen.
"We consider this a great victory for Mr. Abbiss. He has been
vindicated," said Mr. Mensing, noting that Mr. Abbiss was able to
continue working for FMC through the litigation. "Cameron was
overreaching and using this lawsuit to try to kill competition. We
are happy to see it did not work."
The online legal news service Law360 detailed the dispute
in articles headlined "Cameron Drops Noncompete Suit Against Former
Exec" and "Cameron Can't Block Former Exec From All Middle East
Work."
The case is Cameron International Corporation v. Abbiss et
al., case number 4:16-cv-02117, in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of Texas.
Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. (or AZA)
is a Houston-based law firm that
is home to true courtroom lawyers with a formidable track record in
complex commercial litigation, including energy, intellectual
property, and business dispute cases. AZA is recognized in
Chambers USA 2016 among the
best in Texas commercial law;
U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in
America as one of the country's best commercial litigation
firms for 2017; and Law360 as one of only 13 Texas
Powerhouse law firms. National corporate counsel named AZA one of
the country's best in client service among law firms serving the
Fortune 1000. Read more at http://www.azalaw.com.
For more information, please contact Mary Flood at 800-559-4534 or
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