Employers rely on these provisions not only to protect trade secrets and client relationships, but to protect the return on their substantial investments in employee training. At the same time, ...

Employee restrictive covenants are often a contentious issue, especially when employees leave to form (or join) competing firms. A recent Alberta Court of King’s Bench decision, People Corporation v ...

An insurance agency's contractual dispute against its former employees is moving forward to a bench trial to sort out questions regarding restrictive covenants in the parties' employment agreements, a ...

And a set of restrictive covenants that a lower court threw out? Back in play. On March 19, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. May 9, 2022 - For many employers, the pandemic forced employees into a work-from-home setting. In fact, since the onset of ...

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Attorneys at Reed Smith LLP discuss Delaware courts' increasing scrutiny of restrictive covenant agreements and offer ...

The only post-employment restrictive covenant explicitly stipulated under the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) labour laws is the non-compete restrictive covenant. The employer and the employee may ...

In a prior 2010 publication, I highlighted common mistakes that threaten the enforceability of non-compete agreements. Much has changed since then, so here is a revised list with suggestions for best ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You recently established a business and have started extending employment offers. Your new hires will have to complete some paperwork, ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals recently ruled that ...

This article is a joint publication of The American Prospect and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. Michael Rubke, a ...