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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 -

Minnesota Reforms Law to Ban (Almost) All Noncompete Agreements

Holland & Hart LLP on 8/4/2023

Agreements not to compete have existed as part of the common law for hundreds of years.1 These restraining agreements are designed to reduce economic harm to an employer when a “key” employee departs and are often required at...more

Minnesota Passes Near Total Ban Of Non-Compete Agreements

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC) on 5/26/2023

On May 16, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed SF 3035 (the “Bill”), banning nearly all post-termination non-compete agreements with employees and independent contractors. Although the Bill marks another state in the trend...more

The Franchise Memorandum - Issue # 266

Lathrop GPM on 6/4/2021

Welcome to The Franchise Memorandum by Lathrop GPM. Below are summaries of recent legal developments of interest to franchisors. Post-Termination Injunction: Noncompete Covenants - California Federal Court Enforces...more

Advance! Amend! Retreat!

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/4/2019

The title of this post describes not an army maneuver, but the outcome of a recent lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court for advancement of litigation expenses in which...more

Oregon Modifies Noncompete Law for 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/28/2019

On May 14, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed House Bill (HB) 2992, which imposes a new burden on employers that want to have enforceable noncompetition agreements with their Oregon employees. For any noncompetition...more

FRANCHISEE 101: Til Expiration Do Us Part

Lewitt Hackman on 3/1/2018

Though an individual owner and operator of a formerly franchised Church's Chicken restaurant in Texas was not a signer of the franchise agreement, a district court ruled the individual was subject to the agreement's...more

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