Littler Team Secures A Quick Preliminary Injunction for CyberCoders

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 30, 2025) – A team from Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, secured a preliminary injunction on behalf of CyberCoders, a permanent placement recruiting firm. CyberCoders filed suit to enjoin two former employees from breaching their restrictive covenants and their fiduciary duties to the Company. 

The case is centered on preventing two former CyberCoders employees (also referred to as “defendants”) from unlawfully competing with and soliciting CyberCoders’ customers, candidates and employees. On February 17, 2025, the two defendants abruptly resigned and, within less than 48 hours, ten others from their recruiting division resigned after defendants solicited them in breach of their confidentiality, nonsolicitation and noncompetition agreements. CyberCoders moved quickly to stop Defendants, filing the lawsuit on March 6, 2025.

On April 15, 2025, Aileen Cannon, a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, granted CyberCoders’ motion for a preliminary injunction, enforcing the restrictive covenants in the agreements signed by the two individuals after holding a full day evidentiary hearing on March 24, 2025. As a result, the defendants are prohibited for 12 months from engaging in specific competitive and solicitation activities related to the recruiting or staffing industry within a defined geographic and relational scope. The Court found that CyberCoders was likely to prevail on its breach of contract claims against Defendants, and that CyberCoders would suffer irreparable harm if Defendants were not enjoined while CyberCoders continues to prosecute its claims against the defendants. 

The Littler team representing CyberCoders includes shareholders Jim Witz and Tyler Sims, counsel West Holden and support from paralegal Ryan Lowe and office assistant Mark Linville. 

“The recruiting industry is fundamentally a people business — a firm’s success hinges on the goodwill and relationships it builds with both clients and candidates,” said Sims. “When a company invests substantial time, money and effort into cultivating those relationships, as CyberCoders did for the defendants, it has every right to protect that investment. We’re proud to have secured this early victory for CyberCoders in such a short time and remain committed to defending their rights as the case progresses.”

The case is CyberCoders, Inc. v. Charles Cooke and Nicolas Benedetto, Case No. 25-80320-CIV-CANNON, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. 

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