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Non-Compete Agreements › Contract Negotiations

Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a... more +
Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -
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Top Considerations When Preparing to Sell a Company

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Have you received an offer to buy your company? Congratulations! But there is work ahead. The first step is to understand the specific deal structure, be it an asset sale, equity sale or merger. The owners should also work...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Key Employment Issues for Founders

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Do you have an employment agreement? Should you have an employment agreement? We are often asked whether founders need written employment agreements with their companies. Every company's culture is different. Often founders...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

What Parties Need to Know About Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Circumvention Provisions

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Non-competition, non-circumvention, and non-competition provisions don’t only appear in employment contracts; they also are common in contracts for the sale of a business or real estate. This article is part of a series on...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Navigating Contract Reviews for Early Career Physicians: Insights from a Physician Contract Review Attorney

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At the conclusion of their residency or fellowship, physicians are faced with the new challenge of interviewing and negotiating their first contract. One of the first things that I hear from early career physicians who reach...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Sign on the Dotted Line: Negotiating an Effective Employment Agreement

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James Gregory, Batool T. Banker, and Taryn E. Cannataro of Lowenstein’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice lay out tips for negotiating a fulsome executive employment agreement for both new hires and existing...more

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Executive Decisions – Putting in Place Effective Employment Agreements for Company Executives

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During this webinar, attorneys Doug Currier and Scott Connolly discussed best practices for putting in place effective executive employment agreements, including inbound agreements and separation agreements. Topics discussed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Massachusetts’ High Court Pumps the Brakes on Equitable Tolling of Restrictive Covenant

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For the first time in 15 years, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”), Massachusetts’ highest court, issued a decision analyzing the enforceability of non-solicitation covenants, the distinction between such covenants in the...more

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Merger Non-Compete Clauses – Be Lawful or Be Gone

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Non-compete clauses are commonly included in M&A agreements. Although generally recognized as lawful, non-competes must fulfill certain requirements to comply with antitrust and competition laws. A recent FTC enforcement...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Ripping off the Band-Aid: Considerations for Negotiating Employee Severance

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Consider the following scenario: you are a company decision-maker and are preparing to terminate a long-time employee. You want to get the employee out the door with as little embarrassing and distracting “drama” and headache...more

WilmerHale

Put Down That Hammer: Four Times When a DIY Approach Is Guaranteed To Backfire

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As a founder, you need to be scrappy, take care of that bottom-line. We get that, we’re all for a DIY approach when it makes sense (psst we even help you do that through our very free document generator). ...more

Morris James LLP

Does General Release Also Cover Noncompete Agreement?

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In determining the proper scope of the general release, the court analyzed both the express contract language and the parties' negotiations. Regarding the express contract language, the court found that the general release...more

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No Economic Recovery Available For Breach Of A Non-Compete Set Forth In A Distributorship Agreement Which Bars Damages Awards

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Where a freely negotiated contract between two sophisticated companies included a provision barring an award of monetary relief for breach of contract, the court will enforce the provision as written and award no economic...more

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