On January 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s determination that an employer properly denied a former employee’s request for benefits because he violated the noncompete portion of his Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plan.
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