Contract Terms, Contract Drafting, Former Employee

When Is Client Contact Information Confidential?

Mayer Brown on 12/24/2024

Confidentiality is a key consideration in any commercial endeavour. To retain a competitive edge in the market, a business will often do its utmost to maintain the confidentiality of client information and business...more

New Jersey Appellate Division Declares Nondisparagement Provisions Valid Under State Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2022

In a decision that may be useful to employers drafting severance and litigation settlement agreements in New Jersey, a panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division found that provisions requiring parties not to disparage one...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

In-House Lawyers Can Be Subjected to Restrictive Covenant Agreements, A Recent Decision Suggests

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 5/9/2019

Lawyers generally believe non-competes don’t apply to the profession. That’s mostly true, including for in-house counsel. A recent court decision calls this into question....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