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Non-Compete Agreements › Best Management Practices

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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Hope For the Best, Prepare For the Worst: How to Effectively Manage the Perpetual Risk of Employee Loss

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/7/2017

Inevitably, all businesses must deal with employee turnover and the departure of key employees. Such departures have become more frequent of late, as the economy is again on the rise, more jobs are available, the unemployment...more

At Will? What’s That?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/2/2015

Did you know that employees in most countries outside the United States have a contractual right to continued employment, whether or not they have written contract? If an employer does not provide an employee with a written...more

Startups and the Beginning of the Employment Relationship - Who, What, When, Where, and Why?

Poyner Spruill LLP on 8/11/2015

WHO to Hire? Startup companies can reduce or eliminate future problems with employees through careful hiring practices. Best practices include...more

New 2015-2016 Employment Laws for Oregon Businesses

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2015

The 2015 Oregon legislature has adjourned, but not before handing Oregon businesses a number of significant new employment laws. Below is a brief summary of the new legislation, all of which Governor Kate Brown has signed,...more

Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Continued Employment is Lawful Consideration to Support a Restrictive Covenant

Littler on 6/3/2015

Wisconsin has firmly joined the majority of jurisdictions in the United States that hold that continued employment constitutes lawful consideration sufficient to enforce a restrictive covenant with a current at-will employee....more

Wisconsin Joins Illinois in Addressing Whether Continued Employment Constitutes Lawful Consideration for Mid-Stream Non-Competes

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/2/2015

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently brought much needed clarity to Wisconsin employers — and helpful guidance for other jurisdictions — in ruling that continued at-will employment constitutes legal consideration to support a...more

Employer Can Proceed With Breach Of Noncompete And Trade Secrets Claims Against Former Employee Who Refused To Relinquish Control...

Allen Matkins on 5/7/2015

Recently, an Illinois federal district court denied in part an employee’s motion to dismiss various claims asserted by his former employer, allowing the employer to proceed with its claims for breach of a non-compete...more

2015 Labor and Employment Law Checklist

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 1/29/2015

Each year, LP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you find this 2015...more

Employment Law Summer Recap 2014: Part 3 of 11 – The Decision 2.0: This Time, LeBron Leaves the Right Way; Will Your Employees?

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/17/2014

While it seems like it happened forever ago, it was just back in July when LeBron James once again held this nation captive over where he would play basketball. ...more

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