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Non-Compete Agreements › Carve Out Provisions

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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 -

Employment Litigation Roundup: June 2024

Seward & Kissel LLP on 7/3/2024

CFTC charges employer with failing to include whistleblower carveout in agreements with employees - Commodities trading firm Trafigura Trading LLC agreed to pay a $55 million fine to settle charges from the Commodity...more

Hospitality: 2023 Year in Review

ArentFox Schiff on 10/20/2023

As we enter the final quarter of 2023, the ArentFox Schiff Hospitality Industry group has identified several opportunities and challenges that could impact the hospitality industry, including issues related to artificial...more

Clock is Ticking on New York's Non-Compete-Ban Bill

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 10/16/2023

While many in the antitrust community have been focused on the FTC’s proposed ban of non-competes, the states also have been active in this area. Earlier this year, the New York legislature passed a broad non-compete ban,...more

Do You Have the Rights? How to Maintain Investor Confidence When Using Third-party Intellectual Property

Mintz Edge on 12/6/2022

Imagine the following scenario: You, as the founder of a business, have spent the past three years building your company. You have been bootstrapping until now, but the company is at a crossroads and in order to grow the...more

Lucky Seven: Rhode Island the Seventh State to Pass a Statute Governing Non-Compete Agreements During 2019

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/28/2019

Rhode Island is the latest state to jump on the bandwagon of limiting the application of non-compete agreements, with its Rhode Island Noncompetition Agreement Act (the “Act”)....more

The Latest and Greatest Updates About Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreements in California

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/27/2018

Employers everywhere should be familiar with California’s strict rules against the enforcement of non-compete agreements and non-solicitation agreements between employers and employees. Practically speaking, the rule has...more

Keys to the Kingdom: How Confidentiality Agreements Are Key to Keeping Business Information Secret

Payne & Fears on 10/24/2017

In today’s business environment, greater employee mobility and technological advances underscore the need to protect a company’s confidential information and trade secrets. Stories of employees departing with confidential...more

Effective Carve-Outs to Seek Injunctive Relief from the Court in Arbitration Provisions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/13/2015

Christopher Pike: “That’s a technicality.” Spock: “I am a [lawyer], sir. We embrace technicalities.” Star Trek Into Darkness - Arbitration is no longer the final frontier. Instead, arbitration is often the...more

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