i would threaten legal action for copyright infringement / intellectual property theft. even if the design firm didn't copy your layout, there is no guarantee that the client wasn't specific with them about making the design similar to the one you showed them. however if you were paid for the consultation and didn't give them a printed copy of the layout then you may not have much to stand on legally, especially if your color-comp had their name in the copyright instead of yours. internet graphic copyrights are still a new legal field so this one is tricky. from now on though.... take precautions!
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