Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Bishop

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the availability of money damages in the future suggests harm □ is not irreparable
• explaining that “the availability of money damages at law in the future cuts heavily against a conclusion that the injury . . . is irreparable in nature,” notwithstanding the difficulty of determining the amount of such an award
• holding loss of client confidentiality irreparable in similar context
• loss of good will is frequently valued and recompensated in litigation through money damages
• “Clearly the continuing use and disclosure of such records by Defendant will cause an injury to Plaintiff (as well as to Plaintiff’s protected clients) for which there is no adequate remedy at law.”
• \[E]conomic harm in and of itself is not sufficient to constitute irreparable harm.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).