Browse our blog posts on New York non-compete agreement infromation.
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What's the Worst That Can Happen if You Ignore an Injunction?A June 25, 2018 Order from a Federal Appeals Court serves as a sharp reminder what can happen if you ignore a trial court's injunctive order
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Judge Crafts Creative Solution In Issuing TRO on Non-CompeteIn a June 29, 2018 ruling, a NY County judge issued a creative, Solomonic ruling that balanced the former employer need for a TRO with plaintiff's need to work
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New Damages Rule for Trade Secret, Unjust Enrichment ClaimsIn May, 2018, NY's Court of Appeals altered the rules on how a plaintiff can prove damages in a trade secret theft or unjust enrichment claim. It's a big deal.
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Why Workforce Mobility Act's Noncompete Ban Fails - BadlyCongress's recently proposed Workforce Mobility Act which, if adopted would presumptively outlaw non-competes nationwide, is doomed to fail. Here's why.
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One Area Where Courts Will Favor - and Enforce - NoncompetesAlthough, as a general rule, courts disfavor enforcing non-competes, there is one glaring exception to that rule - the area of franchise agreements
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Is PA Going to Join States Banning Non-Competes?PA's House Bill 1938, which was introduced a number of months ago, seeks to ban nearly all non-competes, and to prevent employers from contracting around it
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Vermont Draft Bill Seeks to Outlaw Nearly All Non-CompetesVermont Draft Bill H.556 seeks to ban non-competes, other than limited circumstances, such as the sale of a business or the dissolution of a partnership
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In Rare Move, Court Strikes Down Non-Compete From the Get-GoIt's not every day that you see a court strike down a non-compete in its entirety - and certainly not before discovery. Yet that's precisely what this Court did
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When Case Developments Make You Look Smarter Than You Are3 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
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NJ Bill Proposes Very Strict Limits on Non-CompetesA 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.
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Why Yesterday's IBM v. Microsoft Non-Compete Suit is InaneYesterday, IBM sued Microsoft for poaching its chief diversity officer, Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, in violation of her non-compete with IBM. The lawsuit is inane.
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Why This Proposed Non-Compete Legislation is So MisguidedA new proposed bill seeking to outlaw non-compete agreements in limited circumstances is terribly misguided, explains NY non-compete attorney Jonathan Cooper