Dworin: Suit Should Stand

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NEW YORK Former Deutsch Inc. executive Steve Dworin responded this week to a motion by executives at the Interpublic Group agency to dismiss his lawsuit against them.

Dworin, who left the shop in 1994, filed the suit in March in Superior Court in Union County, N.J., seeking $56 million in damages.

The filing stems from a “non-disparagement” agreement forged between Dworin and the agency following the former’s departure. Dworin claims a breach of contract occurred 11 years later in Donny Deutsch’s 2005 book, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, in which the latter described their often tumultuous working relationship.

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