Legal Developments In Non-Competition Agreements

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...

Last week, I discussed three examples of Illinois courts analyzing similar non-compete issues in very different ways, a post that amply illu...

Assume you represent a company and suspect a departed executive is competing unfairly by using the company's trade secret information. F...

This is a much overdue case law update, so it's a little lengthy. But on the upside, it touches on a number of different subjects from a...

As readers know, a non-compete's enforceability depends on whether it is reasonable under the law. The idea of reasonableness is multi-l...

The Delaware Non-Compete Law Blog has a couple of excellent posts on the recent decision by Judge Travis Laster enjoining CVS Caremark from...

Clients never like to hear my standard advice that each non-compete case turns on its own facts, and that no two cases are alike. But it is ...

Imagine a very common scenario where a corporate officer or employee steals valuable corporate data, deletes or compromises electronic infor...

Liquidated damages clauses are common in restrictive covenant agreements, particularly in those for accountants, physicians and other profes...

A federal district judge in Delaware has upheld enforcement of a $150,000 liquidated damages clause ancillary to a non-compete clause. The r...

At least ninety percent of all non-compete disputes start with an employer filing a lawsuit and seeking some form of injunctive relief to pr...