Falcon Brands, Inc. v. Mousavi & Lee, LLP

FACTS

Falcon is in the cannabis business. Beginning in 2017, Mousavi’s client, Nick Honard, worked for Falcon both as a contractor who earned commissions, and as an employee. Honard was fired by Falcon in August 2019. Falcon claims it terminated Honard after it learned he had submitted fraudulent expense reimbursement requests and hired an employee without Falcon’s knowledge or authorization. On September 6, 2019, attorney Mousavi e-mailed a letter to Falcon’s counsel, announcing she had been retained to represent Honard with respect to his potential claims for wrongful termination, misclassification of employment, failure to pay compensation, failure to provide employment records and retaliation for actions protected by whistleblower laws. In the e-mail Mousavi requested that Falcon immediately provide her with certain relevant employment records. On October 8, 2019, Mousavi e-mailed another letter to Falcon’s counsel in which she complained she had not received a response to her earlier records request. She then added that if she did not receive a response by the next day, she “will be notifying Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. and Jason Vedadi since they will be acquiring the…