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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 -

[Live Stream Event] Hiring, Onboarding and Retention: Diversity, Compensation, Benefits and More - September 21st, 12:00 pm - 5:00...

Amundsen Davis LLC on 7/26/2022

Join us on Wednesday, September 21 at noon for a live-stream of our Eighth Annual Labor & Employment Fall Seminar as we discuss hiring, onboarding and retention. Our attorneys will discuss everything from the initial...more

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Addresses Consideration for Noncompetes

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/13/2020

In Pennsylvania, noncompetition agreements must, among other things, be supported by adequate consideration to be enforceable. It is well established that an initial offer of employment constitutes adequate consideration....more

Oregon Tightens Restrictions on Noncompetition Agreements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/18/2015

Oregon strictly regulates the use of noncompetition agreements by statute, generally limiting them to (a) exempt employees earning more than the median income for a family of four (approximately $74,000 currently), and (b)...more

Illinois Supreme Court Declines To Review Fifield, Leaving Illinois Employers With Questions About The Enforceability Of...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 10/4/2013

On June 24, 2013, in Fifield v Premier, the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District ruled that an offer of at-will employment is not adequate consideration to support a restrictive covenant agreement (i.e.,...more

Pennsylvania Supreme Court enforces covenant not-to-compete executed weeks after employee signed offer letter –– despite absence...

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP on 7/22/2013

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that an employee’s covenant not-to-compete, agreed-to nearly a month after the employee returned a signed offer letter, is enforceable without the provision of new consideration....more

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