Two personal injury law firms in Boston are suing each other

Two competing Boston law firms say they may be entitled to financial compensation — from each other.

Sokolove Law, founded by Jim Sokolove in 1979, is suing Keith Glover, a former employee, and Jason Stone Injury Lawyers (JSIL), where Glover now works as a chief operating officer, for allegedly stealing trade secrets. In a complaint filed August 13, Sokolove claims the case boils down to “the wholesale theft of a business model.”

Glover, who the firm claims grew “from a mattress salesman into a six-figure legal operations professional” as a director at Sokolove, allegedly copied the firm’s “digital operations playbook” and brought it to JSIL after joining them, according to the complaint. Sokolove attributes the allegedly stolen information to the firm’s success and JSIL’s recent growth.