In a recent case five Merrill Lynch brokers defected to Smith Barney and Merrill sued.
Mr Slipper defected from opposition leader Tony Abbot's Liberal Party last year, becoming an independent.
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He defected from Gaddafi's government in the 1980s after serving as Libya's ambassador to India.
When Natalia Makarova defected from the Soviet Union in 1970, she made headlines around the globe.
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The pair defected from the BBC to front the much-heralded show, which replaced GMTV last year.
Next came a stringy youth who said he had just defected from the Syrian army.
The desertions bring to 24 the number of SLA members who have defected since Monday.
Hundreds of Congolese troops have defected from the army, diplomats have told the BBC.
Chris Brunt went close with a defected shot going just wide on 13 minutes.
In January, an assistant coach defected to Washington and three prized recruits changed their minds.
Roque, 40, defected from Cuba in 1992 and became a volunteer for Brothers to the Rescue.
Gen Younes is a former Libyan interior minister who defected to the rebel side in February.
Turkey's state-run TRT news service reported that 12 Syrian army officers defected Friday to Turkey.
On the flight back to Cuba, the newlyweds defected during a refueling stop in Canada.
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Though he hasn't defected yet, Greg Lathrop of Lathrop Investment Management in Little Rock, Arkansas, is wary.
In 2003 quarterback Jake Plummer defected and took the Broncos to the playoffs for three consecutive years.
Their ranks were bolstered by soldiers and officers who defected from the Syrian military and security forces.
As industrial customers haggled and defected, local power firms were forced to raise more revenues from householders.
The new army chief of staff, Abdul Fattah Younis, was Col Gaddafi's interior minister until he defected.
In the vote to re-elect him as Speaker two weeks ago, nine of the 227 House Republicans defected.
The opposition Peronists, particularly ex-President Carlos Menem, despise Mr Alvarez, who defected from their party in the 1990s.
House Republicans gave strong backing to Mr. Ryan's plan during a vote this March-only 10 GOP members defected.
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He defected to ITV in 1982 to become one of the original "famous five" presenters on breakfast station TV-am.
Deutsche Bank chief strategist Kenneth Courtis confirmed that he has defected to Goldman-Sachs.
His support among core Democratic Party voters is weak: he defected to them from the GNP only in 2007.
Congo's foreign minister, Bizima Karaha, defected to the rebels, accusing Mr Kabila of failure to run the country properly.
It hired two Spanish-speaking "scouts" who are focused on winning back pros, like Manny Ramirez and Jay Bell, who defected.
These are the words of the famous spy, Oleg Kalugin, a former KGB colonel who defected to the United States.
Only because he defected, at much personal risk, was he able to achieve his dream of playing in the Major Leagues.
Since Mr Dissanayake defected to the United National Front before the elections, he has been one of the president's fiercest critics.
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