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Non-Compete Agreements › IP Litigation

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... more +
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 -
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Trade Secrets/Non-Compete Quarterly Update - Q3 2022

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Compared to Q1 and Q2 of 2022, Q3 was relatively slow with respect to trade secret legislation and significant restrictive covenant awards and/or case law. Still, and as described below, two new statutes require a company’s...more

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NC Supreme Court Reinforces Need for Precision in Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims

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Bringing a trade secret misappropriation claim in North Carolina may not be as easy as you think. In Krawiec v. Manly, the North Carolina Supreme Court recently made clear that any company seeking to protect its trade...more

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Early Dismissal of Trade Secret Lawsuit May Help Defeat Claim for Attorney’s Fees

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A lawsuit asserting intellectual property claims and violations of a non-competition and non-solicitation agreement played a dominant role in the second season of HBO’s comedy “Silicon Valley.” Throughout the season, it was...more

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