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Recent Indiana legislative sessions have limited the ability of health care entities to enter non-compete agreements with physicians, and the impact of that legislation is starting to be seen. By way of background, prior...more
A recently passed Missouri bill included some amendments added at the last minute that may have significant implications for restrictive covenants—such as nonsolicitation and noninterference provisions—that are commonly used...more
A business purchase agreement outlines the terms and conditions of the purchase and sale of a business (or its assets), including: •The exact nature and extent of what is being sold; •The responsibilities of the parties...more
The FTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of its Non-Compete Clause Rule, which would ban non-competes altogether if promulgated, opened 2023 with a bang. Whether it goes into effect, in what form, and whether the Rule will...more
Chancery Court Provides Additional Guidance on Disclosure Requirements for Corwin Analysis - One of the most significant decisions of the Delaware Chancery Court in the last 15 years was the court’s ruling in Corwin v....more
A well-crafted letter of intent (“LOI”) adds value for the negotiating principals by helping to ensure the parties are in agreement on key deal terms before they spend significant time and money on diligence and definitive...more
Business owners and transaction lawyers who view non-compete agreements as standard in connection with the sale of a business should be careful not to overreach in imposing restrictive covenants on sellers in purchase...more
In January 2020, Judge John Tran of the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia held unenforceable non-competition and non-solicitation provisions in a government contractor’s consulting agreements entered into with...more
Two years ago, we wrote about a noncompete decision in which a special referee found a business seller had breached a sales agreement by violating both a noncompete covenant and an exclusive sales provision contained in the...more
In 2016 we wrote about a non-compete decision where special referee found that a seller of a business had breached a sales agreement by violating both a non-compete covenant and an exclusive sales provision contained in the...more
South Carolina courts evaluate the enforceability of noncompete provisions executed in the employment context and in connection with the sale of businesses under the same reasonableness test. To be enforceable in South...more
Last month, a Rhode Island trial court held that a hairdresser’s noncompetition agreement with the salon for which she had been working, which sold its assets to a successor salon, was not transferable to the successor...more
It generally is a defense to a breach of contract claim if the defendant proves that the plaintiff was the first one to materially breach the parties’ agreement. As a recent case from the Business Litigation Session of the...more
A Texas Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment last month in favor of an ex-employee declaring that a noncompete clause in an asset purchase agreement and separate noncompete agreement did not bar him from competing...more
Restrictive covenants have a significant and substantial impact on the use and value of property; yet they are often ignored entirely or not considered until the end of the due diligence period before purchasing the property....more
The sale of a business often takes several months and generates huge amounts of paperwork. The process culminates in a purchase agreement typically exceeding fifty single-spaced pages full of dense wording....more
Now that the recession is beginning to become a memory of the past, the demand for housing is on the rise, and with it is the explosive interest in the multifamily market. As more Americans are choosing to marry later and...more
When it comes to non-compete agreements, North Carolina is a “blue pencil” state. This is a legal term meaning that when faced with an agreement that is overbroad or unreasonable when applied to the particular circumstances...more