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Many employers experienced whiplash in 2023 from the flurry of judicial, administrative and legislative activity aimed at restricting the use of employee non-competition...

It is no hidden secret that many employers use various restrictive covenants to protect their trade secrets, confidential information, goodwill, and customer relationships.

M&A attorneys representing buyers, and their private equity and strategic clients, have long felt comfortable that the courts would uphold restrictive covenants in an acquisition.

The emerging trends in the global markets warrant inserting of restrictive covenants in commercial as well as employment contracts, owing to the increasing rate of commercial disputes and litigations.

Employment lawyers argue the clauses are harder to enforce and likely to scare off candidates

Employment lawyers argue the clauses are harder to enforce and likely to scare off candidates

Defense lawyers sought to change jurors perception of the corporate pacts at the heart of the federal criminal trial of DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, by clarifying

Sunday, February 21, 2021 For years now, it seems that every annual “hot topics & trends” list within the legal and business community has included restrictive covenants and non-competition reform in one form or another. In certain jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, legislatures have enacted specific statutory reforms, generally viewed as being more employee-friendly. Amongst this debate and reform, the underlying common law principles regarding the enforceability of non-com...