by Jean Marc Favreau | Jun 15, 2017 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
CNN reports that the conservative media outlet Independent Journal Review (“IRJ”) is asking employees to sign non-compete agreements. The restrictive covenants bar journalists and other employees from working in any capacity for any other media...
by Mark Gisler | Jun 5, 2017 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
A recent Non-Compete Article in the New York Times highlights a growing danger for American workers: restrictive covenants like non-compete and non-solicitation provisions. These “non-competes” as they are known in labor/employment law parlance have trickled down to...
by Mark Gisler | Aug 24, 2016 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Two states in the northeast, Connecticut and Rhode Island, have recently joined other states in passing legislation limiting the use of non-competition provisions in physician employment agreements. The National Law Review provides a good summary of both new laws....
by Mark Gisler | Jun 15, 2016 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
The Wall Street Journal today reported on two cases of employers in two different states (New York and Illinois) who are being investigated for illegal/unfair conduct because they required their junior/entry-level employees to sign non-competition clauses in their...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Nov 4, 2015 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Given how frequently our clients have questions concerning restrictive covenants, we’ve devoted several past blog posts to issues related to non-competes and similar employment agreement provisions. Often, individuals entering into employment agreements...
by Michael Gan | Oct 14, 2014 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
I’ve probably gobbled up 800 inches (67 feet) of Jimmy John’s turkey subs in the last five years (that’s 100 sandwiches). But no more. Sometimes a company’s employment practices will cause me to say, “no thank you.” After reading Neil Irwin’s piece in today’s New...
by Mark Gisler | Apr 23, 2013 | Employment Law, Physician Employment Issues, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
Covenants forbidding competition with a physician’s former employer and restricting the solicitation of patients have become commonplace in physician employment agreements. These days, such provisions appear in all sorts of employment contracts, including those of...
