{"id":133098,"date":"2021-09-14T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2913399"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:14:00","slug":"united-states-district-court-northern-district-of-illinois-drop-inc-s-verified-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/09\/14\/united-states-district-court-northern-district-of-illinois-drop-inc-s-verified-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DROP, INC.\u2019S VERIFIED COMPLAINT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Plaintiff Drop, Inc. brings this action against Danial Danish , Danial Danish Consultancy, Inc., Erik Sundberg, and Azmi Consulting, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO, IL, <\/strong><strong><em>April 19, 2021:<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Plaintiff Drop sued Defendants Danial Danish, Danial Danish Consultancy, Inc., Erik Sundberg, and Azmi Consulting, Inc. Drop is an Illinois corporation headquartered in Hinsdale, Illinois. Danish Consultancy is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Defendant Danish, a U.S. Citizen, owns and is the Chief Operating Officer of Danish Consultancy. Defendant Azmi Consulting, Inc. is a Canadian corporation with its headquarters in Ontario, Canada, and is affiliated with Danish.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drop is a technology company that developed <\/strong>a proprietary platform for sending ringless voice mails or RVMs, which are voicemail messages deposited without ringing the phone. In 2019, Danish agreed to acquire, manage, and maintain Drop\u2019s RVM Phone Lines, and sell Drop\u2019s RVM services to end customers, among other tasks. All in all, Danish and Drop signed four separate contracts; each time, Danish agreed to keep Drop\u2019s information confidential and not use it for his own ends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Danish hired Sundberg \u00a0to provide technology assistance because Sundberg is an experienced network engineer familiar with telephony-based applications. Drop asserts that Danish needed this because Danish himself did not have the requisite programming ability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of abiding by their agreements, Drop alleges that Danish stole Drop\u2019s code to compete with it. Danish then used Azmi Consulting to buy the telecom minutes he needed to run his competing business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drop seeks relief under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, and common law. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/danial-danish\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danial Danish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/erik-sundberg\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Sundberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/azmi-consulting\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Azmi Consulting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/real-ringless\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Ringless<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/ringless-voicemail\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ringless Voicemail<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/danish-consultancy-inc\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danish Consultancy Inc<\/a> <\/p>\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drop.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.drop.co<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Koering, Jacob D. <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/menafn\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Menafn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/ips\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/reportedtimes\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reportedtimes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/google-news\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/financial-content\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Content<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/pr-wirein\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PR-Wirein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/icn-internal-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iCN Internal Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/extended-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extended Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/legal-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/law-com-newswire\/industries\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Koering, Jacob D. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaintiff Drop, Inc. brings this action against Danial Danish , Danial Danish Consultancy, Inc., Erik Sundberg, and Azmi Consulting, Inc. CHICAGO, IL, April 19, 2021: Plaintiff Drop sued Defendants Danial Danish, Danial Danish Consultancy, Inc., Erik Sundberg, and Azmi Consulting, Inc. Drop is an Illinois corporation headquartered in Hinsdale, Illinois. Danish Consultancy is headquartered in [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/09\/14\/united-states-district-court-northern-district-of-illinois-drop-inc-s-verified-complaint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DROP, INC.\u2019S VERIFIED COMPLAINT - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/09\/14\/united-states-district-court-northern-district-of-illinois-drop-inc-s-verified-complaint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DROP, INC.\u2019S VERIFIED COMPLAINT - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plaintiff Drop, Inc. brings this action against Danial Danish , Danial Danish Consultancy, Inc., Erik Sundberg, and Azmi Consulting, Inc. 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