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Confidentiality Clauses in Employment Agreements: Who’s Minding the Store,...
Confidential Information v. Trade Secrets Now that we know what confidentiality clauses are and what they are supposed to do, what exactly are they supposed to protect? We have already...
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Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements: Guarding the Family Jewels,...
Happy end-of-2012 to all from The Emplawyerologist! Now that we know from the last three posts about confidential information and trade secrets, ( Click here, here and here for a review) what other...
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Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements: Guarding the Family Jewels,...
Happy 2013! The Emplawyerologist kicks off the new year by continuing its new mini-series on restrictive covenants. Last week’s post provided an overview of restrictive covenants and key provisions....
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Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements: Guarding the Family Jewels,...
This week we return to the subject of restrictive covenants in employment agreements, and to discuss actual cases that decided the question of enforceability. We already know that laws regarding...
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Severance Agreements: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow? Part I
Hello Readers! I first want to thank Judy Naamat for her amazing and informative posts regarding the America Invents Act and its impact on employers. I hope you found them as enlightening as I did....
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Do Your Out-of-State Telecommuters Leave You in a State of Confusion???
This is the last post I am writing on telecommuting! Scouts honor–unless, of course, later on, some new development occurs that I cannot imagine us not getting to know better! So, imagine this...
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Should There Be Restrictions on Restrictive Covenants?
I don’t normally comment on other people’s articles. Now that I said that you know I’m about to break with my usual pattern, right? Well, here it is. About two and a half weeks ago — June 8, to be...
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Your Employee’s Former Employer Just Sued You?????
Three months ago, you, as President of Awesome Advertising LLC (“Awesome”) hired Calvin the Creative Director who worked for Dewy, Hatem & Howe (“Dewey”) an ad agency about 30 miles away. You...
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Your Ex-Employee Chose Not to Compete with You. How Did That Happen??
Do you use restrictive covenants, or noncompetes to prevent former employees from competing with your company? Typically, a noncompete prohibits former employees from working for a competitor or...
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What Do You Get When You Mix Independent Contractors and Non-Competes?
image: bootcampmilitaryfitnessins-titute.com The short answer is…. well, there is no short answer. What? Do independent contractors and non-compete agreements mix or not? Maybe. Most often probably...
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Can You Enter Into Agreements Not to Compete — with Other Businesses??
Many of you require your employees to sign employment agreements with restrictive covenants, also known as non-competes.(Click here, here and here for review.) You may be vigilant about enforcing your...
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Is Your Non-Compete an Antitrust Violation? Some Courts Say “Yes”
I promised last week to give you real case examples of non-compete agreements that were found to violate antitrust laws. You may recall that the problem arises more often when businesses enter into...
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