Legal Developments In Non-Competition Agreements

cases, commentary and news related to restrictive covenants

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Thank You, and Good-Bye

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Today, I reach the end. Ten years to the day I first started this blog, 651 posts later, I have decided this is the last one. *** I ha...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

The Meaning of "Not Less Than"

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This week, I lost an appeal. It sucks. It really does. Losing is never fun, and I occasionally take things too personally. The case was an...
Friday, December 7, 2018

Reading Round-Up and Some Thoughts on Wrapping Up Another Non-Compete Case

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As the year comes to close, I've come across a few recent articles that merit some brief mention. *** A prominent early voice in the...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Case Law Update: Riding Circuit

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The last few months we've seen a number of interesting decisions from the federal circuit courts of appeal, both on issues of State law ...
Monday, November 19, 2018

California Choice-of-Law Rulings Strike Sensible Balance

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Choice-of-law and -forum clauses are not only some of the most important issues in non-compete agreements, but they also are some of the mos...
Monday, November 12, 2018

California Dreamin'

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I often think of living in California. The warm weather, the fact that the air just somehow feels different. The sand running through your...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Cleaning Up the Janitorial Mess

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Somewhat predictably, the reaction to C&W Facility Services non-compete lawsuit against janitorial employee Sonia Mercado was swift and ...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

The Janitor Non-Compete, This Time for Real

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The janitor hypothetical is one of the most timeless aspects of non-compete cases. That is, when illustrating how broad a non-compete is, co...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Legislative Reform, Non-Compete Agreements, and the Contracts Clause

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With increasing frequency, we see state legislatures wade into the hot topic of non-compete reform. Over the past several years, we've s...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Ninth Circuit Expands Reach of Section 16600 in Golden II

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Three years ago, I wrote a lengthy blog post on the case of Golden v. California Emergency Physicians , a Ninth Circuit case that I felt w...
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Kenneth J. Vanko
Chicago, Illinois
Ken Vanko is a Member at Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC in the Chicago area. For the past 15 years, he has concentrated a majority of his business law practice in the field of unfair competition and business transitions, litigating and advising clients on matters related to non-competition agreements, trade secrets, and fiduciary duties of loyalty. He can be contacted by phone at 630-871-2600 and by e-mail at vanko[at]ccmlawyer[dot]com.
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