Browse our blog posts on New York non-compete agreement infromation.
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Why I Offered To Defend This Employee Pro Bono Against a Potential Non-Compete Claim I was recently contacted about a potential non-compete matter. Looking at the agreement, I immediately offered to defend the employee pro bono. -
Federal Court Dismisses Employer's Defense that Noncompete Was Violated, Holds Company Liable for $44 Million Recently, a Kansas Federal Court dismissed claims that a former CEO had violated his noncompete, and held them liable for more than $44 million in damages -
The Faithless Servant Doctrine: The Employer's Most Powerful Weapon Against Disloyal Employees When pursuing a (purportedly) disloyal employee, there is little doubt that the faithless servant doctrine is the biggest weapon in the employer's arsenal -
President Biden's July 9 Executive Order Didn't Alter the Law on Non-Competes ... Yet This week, President Biden issued an Executive Order that charged the FTC with banning non-competes. But has that changed current status of the law? -
How Recent Former Employees Can Proactively Attack a Noncompete Contrary to popular belief, former employees don't necessarily need to stay in a defensive posture regarding their noncompete. In some cases, they can attack -
Further Limiting Non-Competes, Oregon's New Non-Compete Law Pushes the Envelope When it comes to imposing strict limits on employers' use of non-competes, Oregon clearly isn't playing around, as its new noncompete laws make clear. -
What a Former Employer Likely Can - and Can't - Expect to Recover From a Disloyal Employee In the case of a former employee that was disloyal and violated their restrictive covenant, there are some things the employer likely can - and can't - recover -
DC on the Cusp of Enacting Broadest Noncompete Ban in the Nation Just last week, DC's council passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Act of 2020, which proposes to nullify even those agreements that disallow moonlighting -
Non-Compete Changes to Expect Under an Anticipated Biden Administration Assuming the 2020 election results aren't overturned, and Joe Biden becomes the next POTUS, some significant changes to non-compete law may be coming -
The Rare Instance Where Lawyers Can Be Held to a Non-Compete Under NY Law Yes, the general rule in NY is that lawyers can't be held to a non-compete. But the Court of Appeals has acknowledged a rare exception to that rule. -
The Difference Between Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Breach of Contract Claims An August 31 decision out of a Delaware court serves as a pointed reminder on the critical distinction between a claim for breach of fiduciary duty and contract -
What Happened When an Employee Forwarded Their Work Information to Their Private Email Account A recent decision from a New Jersey Federal Court highlights the dangers posed by forwarding or downloading work information to a private account