Many employers and attorneys assume that covenants not to compete found in employment agreements are not enforceable against California residents absent narrow exceptions, and that courts would reject any attempt
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California Appellate Court’s Expansive Opinion Creates Doubt Over Employee Non-Solicitation Agreements
By Mark D. Lurie & Kurt Kappes on
Although California law generally prohibits non-competition agreements, some courts in a number of unpublished opinions have enforced non-solicitation clauses restricting former employees from pirating their former colleagues. A California appellate…
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GT Publishes a Multi-Country Survey with the ACC on Covenants Not to Compete
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Greenberg Traurig recently published a multi-country survey InfoPAKSM on covenants not to compete through the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). Covenants not to compete are important for employers…
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The Defend Trade Secrets Act – One Year Later
By Sarah E. Barrows & Kurt Kappes on
Posted in Trade Secrets
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) celebrates its one-year anniversary on May 11, 2017. The DTSA is the most significant expansion of intellectual property law since the Lanham Act was…
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