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Ryan, EY Agree on Temporary Injunction in Energy Tax Trade Secrets Suit

A Houston state court on Thursday signed a mutually agreed upon temporary injunction order in a dispute between two Dallas-based competitors, tax services firm Ryan LLC and big four accounting firm Ernst & Young. 

Ryan filed the lawsuit last month alleging that EY stole Ryan’s trade secrets in order to benefit a competing practice group that EY built out. The lawsuit says the trade secrets were related to methodologies, work papers and other intel for severance tax and federal royalty advisory services that Ryan provides to its energy clients, most of which are in the Fortune 500. 

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