Newmama and Allen - I like the idea of back-up action if letter doesn't work. I don't think I'll threaten at that point, because it's an empty threat. I don't know what "next step" would be. THe only leverage would be figuring out clients that both my H and OW worked on together and then letting them know that conflict of interest ocurred. This is big and not something I would do without legal support because my H'm company would probably come after me if it resulted in loss of business. I also don't have the intel to figure this out.