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No tortious interference from threat to leave association

No tortious interference from threat to leave association

No tortious interference from threat to leave association

The chief executive officer of a trade association has no claim for tortious interference with his job when he was fired after several important members left the association because of their concern with his work, a federal District Court in New Jersey has ruled. It has dismissed a claim by the exec against the corporate members and the executives who, he claimed, conspired wrongfully to obtain his dismissal. Peter Vroom was the president and CEO of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association when Ameriquest Transportation Services acquired Nationalease Purchasing Corporation in 2006. Nationalease operated an equipment purchasing program for National Truck Leasing Association, another trade...

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