DALLAS: A Dallas district court judge has extended Weber Shandwick's temporary restraining order against Hill+Knowlton Strategies and two senior executives at the firm. Weber accused the executives in January of stealing confidential information, clients, and employees from Weber.

District court judge Emily Toblowsky extended the restraining order through May 4, when the two sides are due at a hearing in Dallas.

Weber alleged in January that H+K COO Ken Luce and EVP Jodi Venturoni, both former Weber employees, tried to ...