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Non-Compete Agreements › Former Employer

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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 -

[Event] A Day in the Life of a Restrictive Covenant Attorney: Long Island Workplace Law Breakfast Series - November 17th,...

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/11/2022

Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys in-person for the annual Long Island Workplace Law Breakfast Series. We are excited to provide you with a unique perspective on our most popular labor and employment law topics. The "A Day...more

#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Employers - Train on Trade Secrets - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/21/2022

This week, we bring you our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law. An employer often overlooks training employees on what their restrictive covenant means and how to honor...more

Contractual Employee Non-solicitation Provisions Under Attack: Employer Loses Battle in Case Involving Unique Facts

Fisher Phillips on 1/22/2019

California’s prohibition against contracts that restrain a person’s ability to engage in a lawful business, profession, or trade is well-established and well-known. Ten years ago, in Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44...more

California Jury Punishes Former Employees for Unfair Play-Only Lawful Competition is Sacrosanct!

Fisher Phillips on 3/5/2018

Notwithstanding California's strong public policy in favor of lawful competitive behavior, California employees' duty of loyalty to their current employer reigns supreme. A violation of that duty can lead to costly jury...more

Lessons From The Waymo v Uber Trade Secrets Trial

Fisher Phillips on 2/13/2018

Just hours after the Eagles clinched their upset Super Bowl win over the Patriots, a different battle royale began in a San Francisco courtroom between an established juggernaut and its upstart rival. For techies and trade...more

Court Reverses Judgment Dismissing Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claim Because No-Evidence Summary Judgment Motion Was Not Sufficiently...

Winstead PC on 7/20/2016

In Tex v. Iom, a former employer sued a former employee based on a covenant not to compete and breach of fiduciary duty and sued the new employer for tortious interference. No. 12-14-00254-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 7317 (Tex....more

Post-Employment Covenants: Is an Inducement to Smile An Inducement to Cancel?

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 7/16/2015

A recent Circuit Court case confirms that the term “non-inducement” means just that. In American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Graham, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict against an insurance agent who, the jury...more

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