Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 28): Non-Compete Legislation Proposed in New Jersey and More Non-Compete Nonsense in Florida

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended November 24, 2017 *** New Jersey Proposes Non-Compete Reform New Jersey historic...
Friday, March 24, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 12): One Reason Florida Is So Non-Compete Friendly

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended March 24, 2017 *** Florida Non-Competes and Evidentiary Presumptions The Florida...
Friday, February 10, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 6): Surprise Result on Blue-Penciling Rule in Georgia

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended February 10, 2017 *** Georgia Blue-Penciling of Restrictive Covenants Last Decem...
Friday, January 27, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 4): Sergey Aleynikov is Back in the News

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended January 27, 2017 *** Illinois Restrictive Covenants Judge Amy St. Eve is among t...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Florida's Non-Compete Law Is, Apparently, "Truly Obnoxious"

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One of the most important issues in analyzing any non-compete agreement is choice of law. My experience is that at least 9 out of 10 contrac...
Friday, April 10, 2015

New Ruling on Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Illustrates Division in Eleventh Circuit

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The reach of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act continues to divide courts and commentators. The friction spills over into statutory l...
Saturday, December 1, 2012

Georgia Case Demonstrates Importance of Addressing Choice of Venue and Law Clauses

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Readers know from prior posts that Georgia is one of the "red-flag" states when it comes to non-compete disputes. Non-compete ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

The "I'm Too Busy Edition": Non-Compete Case Law Update

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I swear I try to multi-task. But it's not easy. Running a law firm, being a husband, being a dad (!), tending to a completely out-of-c...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Case Update...The Trade Secrets Edition

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I've come up with a better way to differentiate between trade secrets (protected nearly everywhere by statute) and confidential informat...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Recent Decisions of Interest (No. 9): Bad Drafting Can Be Really Bad (And Avoidable, Too)

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Poor contract drafting is the number one symptom of non-compete cases gone bad. (Number two is poor decisionmaking made in the quick vacuu...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Recent Decisions of Interest (No. 1)

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My regular Thursday column will survey recent decisions across the United States which touch upon non-compete or trade secret issues. The fo...
Friday, May 6, 2011

Flat-Fee Liquidated Damages Award Upheld in Staffing Dispute (ProTherapy Assocs. v. AFS of Bastian)

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Staffing agreements almost always have some sort of non-compete or (more commonly) non-solicitation covenant. Courts recognize that without ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Florida Case Demonstrates Limits of Legitimate Business Interest Test (Southern Wine v. Simpkins)

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Florida is known as a highly pro-employer state, largely because of a comprehensive and detailed statute that makes enforcement of non-compe...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Fee Petition in Restrictive Covenant Case Approaches $500,000 (Marlite, Inc. v. Eckenrod)

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Any reasonable client wants to know how much a project is going to cost. Some projects are fairly discrete and easy to budget. A contract re...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Yes, Non-Compete Agreement Can Be Enforceable Against a Tattoo Artist (Atomic Tattoos v. Morgan)

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Readers of this blog have become conditioned to seeing non-compete disputes in a range of sophisticated professional services industries. In...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Geographic Restrictions Require Court to Consider Where Competition Takes Place (Concrete Surface Innovations v. McCarty)

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It is less and less common these days for parties to fight over industry non-compete agreements, particularly when client non-solicitation c...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

Application of Non-Compete in Term Agreement Often a Matter of Contract Interpretation (St. Johns Investment v. Albaneze)

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Term contracts (that is, those for a set period of time) containing non-compete claues often present interpretation questions vastly differe...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Temporary Restraining Order In Non-Compete Case Requires Showing of Immediate Harm (Ride-Away Handicap Equip. v. Tracey)

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Employer seeking immediate redress from threatened competitive harm have to move fast. The preferred remedy in most non-compete disputes is ...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Court Declines to Award Attorneys' Fees Against Employer Who Aided Breach of Restrictive Covenant (Bauer v. Dilib, Inc.)

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Florida contains a highly favorable body of law that favors employers attempting to enforce non-compete agreements. The statute, Section 542...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Federal Court in Pennsylvania Upholds Choice-of-Law Clause (Perma-Liner Industries v. U.S. Sewer & Drain)

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Choice-of-law clauses continue to be a ripe area of litigation, with rules and cases that yield results difficult to reconcile. Disputes fre...