Modere has quietly walked away from its fight against three former distributors who jumped ship to rival company Frequense and started recruiting from the competition's ranks.
The company filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal on June 27th. The court accepted it and closed the case on July 2nd. Modere had originally sued Amber DeLoof, Brynn Lang, and Marina Simone in March, seeking a Temporary Restraining Order and preliminary injunction to stop them from poaching Modere's sales force.
The three women left Modere as distributors and immediately signed on with Frequense, a LaCore Enterprises subsidiary, where they began cross-recruiting Modere reps. Modere wanted the court to shut them down.
But the company shot itself in the foot. In a late May decision, the judge acknowledged Modere would likely win on the merits. There was just one problem: DeLoof, Lang, and Simone had signed up to Modere through shell companies, not as individuals. Modere had allowed this arrangement when they were distributors. Because only the corporate entities technically held the distributor accounts, not the women themselves, the judge denied Modere's request for emergency relief. The shell companies, not the individuals, would be liable for any wrongdoing.
That ruling essentially gutted Modere's case. Rather than continue fighting a legal battle that would now target faceless corporate entities instead of the actual people running the cross-recruitment operation, Modere chose to drop it altogether.
The move suggests the company realized the legal pathway forward was messy and potentially unwinnable. Courts don't typically grant restraining orders against shell companies the way they would against individuals. Modere's own decision to permit these entities in its distributor network had come back to haunt them.
Frequense, meanwhile, has made no public move to police the cross-recruitment happening under its umbrella. The company appears content to let the matter fade.
🤖 Quick Answer
What legal action did Modere take against former distributors?Modere filed a lawsuit in March against three former distributors—Amber DeLoof, Brynn Lang, and Marina Simone—seeking a Temporary Restraining Order and preliminary injunction to prevent them from recruiting Modere's sales force after they joined competitor Frequense, a LaCore Enterprises subsidiary.
Why did Modere withdraw its lawsuit?
Modere voluntarily dismissed the case on June 27th, with the court closing proceedings on July 2nd. A late May judicial decision indicated the company faced significant legal obstacles in its claim against the former distributors and cross-recruiters.
What was the outcome of the legal dispute?
The case was closed following Modere's voluntary dismissal Notice. The company abandoned its efforts to stop the three women from recruiting Modere representatives for Frequense, effectively ending the
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