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Partnership Agreements Restrictive Covenants

Ballard Spahr LLP

Is the Delaware Supreme Court Pushing Back on Chancery’s Suspicion of Non-Competes?

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The Delaware Court of Chancery has been increasingly willing of late to strike down non-compete covenants as overbroad, a trend accompanied by a growing unwillingness to “blue pencil” agreements by narrowing terms to what the...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Curbs Erosion of Forfeiture-for-Competition Protections

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Delaware has long been favored by businesses for many reasons, including its courts’ deference to parties’ ability to contract. Recently, however, the Delaware Chancery Court was seemingly less deferential to restrictive...more

Cozen O'Connor

Rethinking Restrictive Covenants: Delaware Courts’ Movement in Favor of the Restricted

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In the first half of 2023, the Delaware Chancery Court issued two decisions regarding non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that should make parties carefully consider whether restrictive covenants are appropriately...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trio of Delaware Cases Signal Stricter Review of Sale-of-Business Non-Competes

On March 16, 2023, the Delaware Chancery Court in Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. v. Eastman found a sale-of-business non-compete was overbroad, given its worldwide geographic scope, and refused to modify it to make it...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Delaware Chancery Court Invalidates Restrictive Covenants and Forfeiture Provision In Partnership Agreement As Unreasonable

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The Delaware Chancery Court recently invalidated restrictive covenants in a limited partnership agreement, finding the covenants to be “facially overbroad” and declining to “blue pencil” those provisions. Significantly, the...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Common Governance Provisions in Accounting Firm Partnership Agreements

When it comes to accounting firm partnership agreements, governance is a key component. In this article, we discuss various governance provisions to consider when drafting an accounting firm partnership agreement....more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

How to Handle Retirement Provisions in Accounting Firm Partnership Agreements

As part of our ongoing partnership agreement series, in this article, we discuss how accounting firms can address retirement in firm partnership agreements. Note: References to “partnership agreements” in this article...more

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