2) You are a process engineer for Xtant Manufacturing, responsible for ensuring that its factories take advantage of the most efficient, yet reliable, modern equipment. XM's facilities utilize numerous types and sizes of equipment from all over the world to manufacture its products. As part of your work, you hire consultants to assist with many aspects of your job, from import/export professionals to engineers that visit vendors in various countries to evaluation equipment XM may purchase. For at least 12 years, you have worked with and relied upon Boris, an engineer in eastern Europe with specialized experience, to research and order precision laser cutting equipment both for new XM factories and to upgrade existing locations. Vendors know that Boris handles these orders for XM and your involvement over the years has become less and less necessary because of his familiarity and XM's solid reputation in the industry. You learn from a vendor that Boris is retiring and has sold his consulting service business to a EquipSpecialists, multi-national consulting firm. The vendor advises you that Boris has been turning his work over to that company on a regular basis since he moved to Greece more than 6 months ago. EquipSpecialists has pursued XM's business for some time. You have hired them to research other types of equipment recently and because they did not meet your expectations, XM made the decision not to use their services in the future. Does Equip Specialists have a claim to XM's business as a result of their purchase of Boris' consulting service business? Why/Why not? What steps do you need to take upon learning this information? Why? 2) You are a process engineer for Xtant Manufacturing, responsible for ensuring that its factories take advantage of the most efficient, yet reliable, modern equipment. XM's facilities utilize numerous types and sizes of equipment from all over the world to manufacture its products. As part of your work, you hire consultants to assist with many aspects of your job, from import/export professionals to engineers that visit vendors in various countries to evaluation equipment XM may purchase. For at least 12 years, you have worked with and relied upon Boris, an engineer in eastern Europe with specialized experience, to research and order precision laser cutting equipment both for new XM factories and to upgrade existing locations. Vendors know that Boris handles these orders for XM and your involvement over the years has become less and less necessary because of his familiarity and XM's solid reputation in the industry. You learn from a vendor that Boris is retiring and has sold his consulting service business to a EquipSpecialists, multi-national consulting firm. The vendor advises you that Boris has been turning his work over to that company on a regular basis since he moved to Greece more than 6 months ago. EquipSpecialists has pursued XM's business for some time. You have hired them to research other types of equipment recently and because they did not meet your expectations, XM made the decision not to use their services in the future. Does Equip Specialists have a claim to XM's business as a result of their purchase of Boris' consulting service business? Why/Why not? What steps do you need to take upon learning this information? Why