Aon fights to keep Alliant non-compete case in Chicago

Aon has attempted to shoot down a last ditch attempt by Alliant
to move an embittered poaching dispute from a federal court in
Illinois to California, where non-compete clauses carry less
weight.
It is the latest twist in a suit brought by Aon after Alliant
allegedly "decimated" its San Jose office when 27 brokers
resigned en masse from the international intermediary to join its
smaller rival last year.
Michael Heffernan, head of the Aon office and regional managing
director of...