Eric Barton on Restrictive Covenants

Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Rulings and Holds Non-Recruitment Provisions do not Need to Contain Explicit Geographic...

Jimmy Buffett once eloquently said that “without geography, you’re nowhere.” But how does that insight apply to restrictive covenants that lack explicit geographic limitations in Georgia? While Jimmy never got to find out,...more

9/10/2024 / Contract Terms , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , GA Supreme Court , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Recruitment Policies , Restrictive Covenants

Recent SEC Order Reiterates Need for Affirmative Whistleblower Exclusion

Everyone generally agrees that people and organizations should be able to protect their proprietary and valuable information. But one area where we’ve seen legislative fretting is when that principle potentially impedes...more

8/18/2022 / Confidential Information , Enforcement Actions , Non-Disclosure Agreement , Restrictive Covenants , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Whistleblowers

Danger: Rocky Road Ahead!

Earlier this week, the Colorado state legislature voted to pass HB22-1317, which if signed into law by Democratic Governor Jared Polis, would place Colorado among several other states with the strictest bans on restrictive...more

5/13/2022 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , State Labor Laws

2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. This...more

12/21/2021 / Confidential Information , Former Employee , Hiring & Firing , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Trade Secrets , Wage and Hour

Georgia Court of Appeals Reiterates that Trial Courts Cannot Rely on Equity to Extend a Non-Compete’s Expiration Date

Suffice it to say, it’s never a good idea to deliberately violate a trial court’s order, much less do so repeatedly. That, however, is precisely what Khosrow Daneshgari did in Patriot Towing Services, LLC v. Daneshgari, et...more

11/10/2021 / Contempt , Non-Compete Agreements , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

Biden to Ban Non-Competes?

The Biden Administration plans to issue an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt rules to limit the use of noncompete clauses in employment agreements. According to Axios, White House Press...more

7/9/2021 / Biden Administration , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Non-Compete Agreements , Popular , Restrictive Covenants

Georgia Business Court Utilizes Georgia’s Restrictive Covenants Act to Modify the Applicable Time Period of a Customer...

A decade ago, the Georgia legislature enacted a new restrictive covenant statute, O.C.G.A. § 13-8-51 et al. (the “Georgia RCA”). Among other things, the Georgia RCA permitted Georgia courts to blue-pencil or “modify a...more

3/11/2021 / Employment Contract , Former Employee , Non-Compete Agreements , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

Webinar Recap! Enforcement of Non-Competes: Increasing Difficulty Depending on State

In Seyfarth’s fourth installment in its 2019 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Kristine Argentine, Eric Barton, and Katelyn Miller focused on the enforcement of non-competes and how the difficulty of...more

8/24/2019 / Confidential Information , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , Hiring & Firing , Intellectual Property Protection , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Trade Secrets

U.S. Senators Request Review of Non-Compete Agreements by the Government Accountability Office

On March 7, 2019, a group of six United States senators from both sides of the aisle submitted a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a federal investigation into the use of non-compete agreements...more

3/12/2019 / Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , GAO , Government Investigations , Hiring & Firing , Intellectual Property Protection , Legislative Agendas , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

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