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The First Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the Tax Court, held that a covenant not to compete must be amortized over 15 years rather than its one-y...
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To enforce a noncompete agreement against a former employee, a company must have customer lists or trade secrets worth protecting, ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, finding two former employees of a home health services business had no insider information they could pass on to their new employer.
This decision comes as a blow to Oxford Healthcare, which sued former employees Pearl Walker Copeland and Luann Helms for breach of their noncompete agreement after the two women began working for Integrity Home Care.
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Enforcing noncompete or nonsolicitation agreements from the employee's perspective is often about staying power against a well-heeled opponent. It is ...
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Two Reinhart attorneys, Christopher P. Banaszak and Robert S. Driscoll, succeeded in persuading the Illinois Supreme Court to establish a more liberal...
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A class of former employees of a St. Louis affiliate of Jackson Hewitt is challenging the company's noncompete agreement.
The class action petition, filed by Gene Swartzenberg, asked the court for an injunction and declaratory judgment against Individual Taxes, Etc., an affiliate tax preparation service of Jackson Hewitt.
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A contract limiting a party from competing with a business after termination of employment or completion of a business sale....
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(This article originally ran in the St. Charles County Business Record, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.)
To enforce a noncompete agreement against a former employee, a company must have customer lists or trade secrets worth protecting, ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, finding two former employees of a home health services business had no insider information they could pass on to their new employer.
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A gourmet cupcake shop planned for Downtown Memphis could be derailed by a Nashville-based chain's effort to protect its franchise.
The original concept for Red Velvet at 314 S. Main called for pairings of upscale cupcakes with fine wines and coffees. But the shop's proposed name has been changed to Carrot, and other changes may be in the works.
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Many states permit employers to enter into reasonable and limited noncompetition agreements that prevent departing employees from working for a compet...
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A class of former employees of an affiliate of Jackson Hewitt is challenging the company's noncompete agreement.
The class action petition, filed by Gene Swartzenberg, asked the court for an injunction and declaratory judgment against Individual Taxes, Etc., an affiliate tax-preparation service of Jackson Hewitt.