> You have done literally nothing to make that happen, and it's unrelated to you leaving or not. It's obviously not unrelated. The lawyer they had been working

> You have done literally nothing to make that happen, and it's unrelated to you leaving or not. It's obviously not unrelated. The lawyer they had been working with leaves the firm. They (obviously) find out and this causes them to decide to re-evaluate their choice of firm. They find out where you jumped ship to and go there. Thus their move is a direct result of you moving firms without requiring solicitation. Like I said, I don't think it's a sufficiently good argument to justify non-competes. But it's absolutely an argument that people make. Restricting the client is of course another avenue. It's certainly a major contribution to discounts for long-term contracts.