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Time Flies—and Noncompete Agreement Goes Out the Window.
Here’s a common situation: You have an employment agreement with your employee in which the parties agree to a specific length of employment. The agreement also contains a noncompete and/or a nonsolicitation agreement which states that the employee will not compete with you or solicit your customers for a certain period of time that runs from the “termination of the employment agreement.”
Worker Barred from Soliciting Former Clients (pdf).
Presumption of irreparable harm found.
Restrictive Covenant Must Be In Writing To Be Enforceable (pdf).
A state appellate court in Florida
recently reversed an injunction issued
against a former company president
who formed a competing business upon
his resignation. According to the Florida
District Court of Appeal, the parties’
contract, along with its restrictive
covenant, was not enforceable after its
expiration – even though both parties
acted as if the agreement was still
in effect.
