Chris Stief is regional managing partner of the Philadelphia office of the law firm Fisher & Phillips and is chair of the Firm's Employee Defection and Trade Secrets Practice Group. He concentrates on issues of employee defection and recruitment, and has litigated more than 500 employee defection and recruitment matters in approximately 65 state and federal courts in 45 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. Contact him at cstief@laborlawyers.com .