Husband’s Old Company Sent Cease And Desist. He Is Trying To Get A Lawyer But No One Will Take His Case And The Old Company Is Still Bugging Him.

Location: Arizona

Long story short my husbands old company had a contract with a client that was ending and the client disliked the upper management but otherwise liked the people they were working with day to day. My husband’s boss got recruited by a company that was going to place a bid for the contract a few months before and planned to also take my husband with him and his colleagues. Months after that the new company that my husband’s boss went to won the contract and my husband and 3 other coworkers got offers from the new company and they went there.

They all put their notice in around the same time and I guess the old company put two and two together and got mad over it and are being very petty. A month ago he got a cease and desist along with the rest of them claiming that he stole trade secrets/property etc. of which he didn’t and they have no evidence for and he never signed an NDA. His boss said he thought the old company is just trying to scare them and said after he responded he heard nothing and it shouldn’t be a big deal so my husband drafted a response basically acknowledging the letter and saying he was getting legal counsel. A month ago he spoke to someone but they said they wouldn’t take his case.

We thought we’d seen the last of them but today he received a letter saying
“The Original Letter established a response deadline of July 16, 2026. That deadline has now passed. Although we received an acknowledgment that you were retaining counsel, you have provided no signed statement, substantive response, corrective action, or proposed resolution. Mere acknowledgment does not constitute compliance, and the conduct described in the Original Letter must cease immediately.
Accordingly, we write to demand that, no later than September 1, 2026, you provide a written, signed response confirming: (1) immediate cessation of the conduct identified in the Original Letter; and
(2) a description of all steps taken to remedy the violation to date.
Be advised that Old Company is prepared to pursue all available legal remedies without further notice
should you fail to respond substantively and take corrective action by the deadline set forth above.”

So he reached out to a couple of employment law firms today and already spoke with another and they said again, they won’t take his case but no reason as to why. He is very stressed that he is going to end up spending hundreds on consults only to be told that they can’t take his case again. We aren’t sure what to do. Is an employment lawyer the wrong lawyer to contact?