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What Is Non-Compete Law?
A non-compete and trade secret agreement is a contract signed by an employee where he or she agrees that they will not engage in certain employment within a certain geographic area for a certain period...
View ArticleA Covenant Not To Compete in Michigan Can Be Enforceable
Yes, non-compete clauses and non-compete agreements can be enforceable in court. Many, many years ago they were held to be unenforceable. The Michigan legislature stepped in and passed a statute as...
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How to Circumvent or Get Around Your Non-Compete Agreement
If you are the employee and you have signed a non-compete agreement, the first question that you always have is how to get out of this non-compete agreement. We get calls all the time from employees...
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Employer Drafting Considerations in your Non-Compete
Oftentimes employers are tempted to utilize form non-competes that they find on the internet. However, the remedies available in the event of a dispute over a non-compete vary from state to state and...
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Legislation Pending Regarding Non-Compete Agreements
The governor of Connecticut recently vetoed an amendment to the Connecticut Non-Compete law that would have provided employees with a seven day review period prior to signing a non-compete in the event...
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All or Nothing: Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction
This post is useful for both employers and employees, and discusses what the legal standards are for obtaining a preliminary injunction in a non-compete case in Michigan, and generally throughout the...
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Enhance the value of your business with non-compete agreements
Often we think that the value of a business is in its hard assets or intellectual property, and that in order to maintain the value in your business for purposes of either selling the business, or...
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Update for Michigan Non-Compete Law
Matt: Hi, and welcome back to Internet Law Radio. I’m Matt Plessner, and it’s time now for some updates on Michigan Non-Compete Law. And to help us out with this, we welcome back Mark Clark from the...
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Is Your Non-Compete Valid?
Matt: Hi, it’s Matt Plessner, and welcome back to Non-Compete Law Radio. How do you know your non-compete is, for all intents and purposes, valid? To answer this question and of course, much more,...
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Is your Non-Compete Contract or Clause Valid?
The New York Times recently ran a piece on the fact that non-compete clauses are increasingly popping up in employee contracts in a vast array of jobs. The article was written on the context they...
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Is Your Non-Compete an Independent Covenant?
Often times a non-compete agreement will be incorporated into an employment agreement. Sometimes, employees will allege a response to a non-compete violation that the employer violated the employment...
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Sub-Shop Employees and Non-Compete Agreements
If you were to obtain a position as a fast-food server, deli sandwich maker or food delivery person, it would be highly unexpected that the employer would require you to sign a non-compete agreement in...
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Class Action Lawsuit For A Non-Compete Agreement
A plaintiff has filed a class action lawsuit in Michigan against Jimmy Johns. Jimmy Johns has all of its employees execute non-compete agreements from executives right down to sandwich makers and...
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Is Your Non-Compete Agreement Subject to Blue-Penciling?
Blue penciling is a term in the non-compete arena that indicates that a court or judge can modify a non-compete agreement to make it reasonable where it is otherwise unreasonable as it applies to an...
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