Employer's Prior Material Breach of Non-Compete Dooms Enforcement


Posted: Monday, July 20, 2009


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Agreements


T he Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Enforces a Non-Compete Agreement Against Employer
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Sloppy Drafting of Non-Compete Agreement Leads to Dismissal for Want of Jurisdiction in Delaware


Posted: Monday, July 20, 2009


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Agreements


In Mobile Diagnostic Group Holdings, LLC v. Suer, 972 A.2d 799 (Del. 2009), a Delaware Court
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Physician's Non-Compete Agreement Unenforceable Due in Part to a Documented Physician Shortage


Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


T he Iowa Court of Appeals Finds a Physician's
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Customer Lists Not Protected By Agreement Were Not Considered Trade Secrets Under Illinois Law


Posted: Monday, July 13, 2009


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Agreements


Illinois Court holds that customer lists and other confidential customer specific
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Illinois Court Sanctions Former Employee for Violating Preliminary Injunction


Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2009


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Agreements


By Pat McLaughlin & Laura Hughes On January 7, 2009, the Northern District of Illinois found
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Fifth Circuit Holds Mississippi Employer to Precise Language of its Non-Competition Agreement and Denies Enforcement


Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Agreements


Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms
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Second Circuit Does Not Allow Two Bites at the Litigation Apples


Posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


Recently, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former employee could not split his causes
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Florida Does Not Construe Non-Compete Agreements Narrowly


Posted: Friday, November 21, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


A Florida appellate court recently issued a ruling affirming a trial court's denial of injunctive
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Maryland Court Holds Agreement to Pay Deferred Compensation to Terminated Employee was not Conditioned on the Employee's Agreement not to Compete.


Posted: Friday, November 14, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Compensation Agreements


Maryland Court Holds Agreement to Pay Deferred Compensation to Terminated
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Ohio Court Allows Significantly Longer Restrictions in Sale of Business Non-Competition Agreement


Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


In CBIZ et al v. Urban, (publication pending) (2008 Ohio 5774), the Ohio Court of Appeals held that
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New York Court Denies Enforcement of Employee Non-Compete Agreement Because Employer Failed Evidentiary Burdens


Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


In Delfino Insulation Co., Inc. v. Jaworski, 865 N.Y.S2d 353 (2008), the New York Court of Appeals
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The Ninth Circuit Reaffirms that Non-Competition Agreements are Unenforceable Under California Law Unless Necessary to Protect an Employer’s Trade Secrets.


Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of ASSET MARKETING SYSTEMS, INC., v. KEVIN GAGNON,
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Pennsylvania Court Holds Contract Mandating Arbitration of Release of Non-Compete Agreement Waived Where Party Chose to Litigate


Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Arbitration Provision


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Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Non-Compete Agreement Does Not Extend to Wholly Owned Subsidiary


Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Non-Compete Cases


The Indiana Court of Appeals, applying Ohio law, recently held that a non-compete agreement signed
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New York Appellate Court Rules Employer Waived Arbitration Right


Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2008


By: Joshua C. Dickinson


Topic: Arbitration Provision


In a case that tracks trends from other jurisdictions, a New York court of appeals held that an
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