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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 -

Noncompete Agreements - Traps for the Unwary: Part 1

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/31/2021

This is a two-part series where we are doing a deep dive into noncompete agreements and traps for the unwary. Noncompete agreements have a reputation for being technical, but what is it exactly that makes them so tricky? Join...more

Will we win? The odds of success in restraint of trade cases

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/16/2019

When an ex-employee goes to a competitor or starts poaching clients or staff, employers often look to a restraint of trade clause to protect key business assets such as client relationships or company confidential...more

The Post-Employment Restraint As A Business Asset

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/4/2018

This is the case now more than ever given that the Supreme Court of Victoria’s decision in Just Group Limited v Peck [2016] VSC 614 (later affirmed on appeal) has arguably raised the bar for correctly drafting an effective...more

A Few Things To Avoid When Drafting A North Carolina Covenant Not To Compete

Brooks Pierce on 8/8/2016

The Business Court closely examined a set of restrictive covenants last week in Sandhills Home Care,, LLC v. Companion Home Care-Unimed, Inc., 2016 NCBC 59. This decision collects a number of North Carolina Court of Appeals...more

Et tu, Brutus? Yet Another New York Court Offers Guidance on the Do’s and Don’ts (Mostly Don’ts) in Post-Employment Restrictive...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/23/2014

A recent non-compete case out of a New York County court offers employers valuable drafting tips on non-compete and non-solicitation provisions....more

Protecting Trade Secrets When Employees Depart

Miller Canfield on 3/3/2014

Employment and labor lawyer Richard Warren discusses how employers can better protect one of their most valuable assets—their trade secrets....more

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