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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 -

Who Poked Whom First: Does a Friend Request or Social Media Invite Count as Solicitation?

Fisher Phillips on 8/18/2017

When Gregory Gelineau quit his job at an Illinois-based insurance company to work for a competitor, he sent LinkedIn invitations to a group of his former co-workers. In response, Gelineau’s former company sued him. The...more

Don’t Friend My Friends: Nonsolicitation Agreements Should Account for Social Media Strategies

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 2/16/2017

As social media becomes an important part of many companies’ sales and branding strategies, issues relating to companies’ ability to protect their investments in such strategies are emerging. Indeed, this blog has previously...more

2015 Trade Secrets Webinar Series Year in Review

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/16/2015

Throughout 2015, Seyfarth Shaw’s dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant issues facing clients today in this important and ever-changing...more

Employer Can Proceed With Breach Of Noncompete And Trade Secrets Claims Against Former Employee Who Refused To Relinquish Control...

Allen Matkins on 5/7/2015

Recently, an Illinois federal district court denied in part an employee’s motion to dismiss various claims asserted by his former employer, allowing the employer to proceed with its claims for breach of a non-compete...more

Yet Another Tale of (Alleged) LinkedIn Indiscretion in a Non-Compete Matter

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 12/23/2014

For those of you following the saga our Employee Mobility Practice Group has been documenting about the many ways in which social media appears to be impacting the non-compete world, I present to you yet another case that...more

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