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When Case Developments Make You Look Smarter Than You Are 3 weeks ago, I wrote that IBM's lawsuit against Microsoft was "inane," and should be settled by briefly sidelining Ms. McIntyre. That's exactly what happened -
NJ Bill Proposes Very Strict Limits on Non-Competes A few months ago, NJ's legislature proposed some of the strictest limits on non-compete agreements in the country. These bills do raise lots of questions. -
Why Yesterday's IBM v. Microsoft Non-Compete Suit is Inane Yesterday, IBM sued Microsoft for poaching its chief diversity officer, Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, in violation of her non-compete with IBM. The lawsuit is inane. -
Why This Proposed Non-Compete Legislation is So Misguided A new proposed bill seeking to outlaw non-compete agreements in limited circumstances is terribly misguided, explains NY non-compete attorney Jonathan Cooper -
With Non-Competes, Choose to Win the War, Not the Battle Following a two-day hearing in a bet-the-business case, we successfully resolved a non-compete case for our clients by focusing on their long-term plans -
PA Court: Noncompete Only Starts to Run from Injunction In a huge decision, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that the clock on a former employee's non-compete started to run from the date of the court's injunction -
No, My Firm's Fees on Noncompetes Are Not an Opening Bid In law, just as in any other business, it's important to know when to push a client away. And that's precisely what happened to me yesterday. And I was happy. -
When Employees Can (& Can't) Be Forced to Sign a Non-Compete Different jurisdictions follow different competing policy arguments as to why (or why not) existing employees can be compelled to sign a non-compete -
Can a Doctor Be Held to a Non-Compete in New York? For years now, there has been great disagreement between the various states as to whether patient choice should trump a doctor's non-compete agreement -
NY Federal Judge Lays Out Blueprint for Defeating Non-Competes In an epic takedown of a company's claim that departing employees violated their non-competes, a NY Federal judge laid out a blueprint for how to beat them. -
8th Circuit: Noncompete for Independent Contractor Went Too Far A hot off the presses decision from a Federal appeals court in Iowa held an independent contractor's non-compete was manifestly unreasonable, dismissing the case -
The Biggest Mistake You Can Make When Negotiating Contracts There is one, overriding, all-encompassing, unfortunate mistake that companies & individuals miss when negotiating contracts - and it's largely avoidable.