Topic
Employee Solicitation
14 published works
California Employment Law Update
Employer May Pursue Contractual Interference Claims Against Competitor for Raiding Employees and Customers
By Tony Oncidi
Guild Mortg. Co. v. CrossCountry Mortg. LLC, 120 Cal. App. 5th 885 (2026) The California Court of Appeal revived a host of tort claims asserted against a company that allegedly executed…
O-I-CEE!
Unfair Competition – How To Deal With It?
By Marcin Wnukowski, Justyna Dereszyńska
Amid today’s economic downturn concerns, competitive rivalry on the market is undoubtedly gaining momentum. The majority of entities compete on merits, though there are situations where current market situation may…
Legal Profession Blog
Murder Most Solicited
Tomorrow before the Ohio Supreme Court for oral argumentColumbus Bar Association v. Natalie J. Bahan, Case no. 2019-0219Logan CountyA Logan County lawyer faces suspension for attempting to establish a client…
Restrictive Covenant Report
Wisconsin Supreme Court Applies Non-Compete Law To Invalidate Anti-Poaching Covenant
By Sharon Mollman Elliott, Colin A. Thakkar
On January 19, 2018, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court held that an employee non-solicitation covenant was overly broad and unenforceable under state law. In the decision, entitled The Manitowoc Company,…
Smooth Transitions
Don’t Steal My Employees When You Quit – the Anti-Raid Provision
By Rob Radcliff
The usual gamut of post-employment covenants includes non-compete restrictions, non-solicitation of customer restrictions, confidentiality restrictions, and in many cases the anti-raid provision designed to keep a departing employee from…
Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
Bad Leaver Pays the Price
A former California State judge in an arbitration awarded nearly $1.7 million to an employer against its former employee based primarily on his acts taken going out the door. His…
Restrictive Covenant Report
Company Pays For Taking Short Cuts to Start New Business
By Martin W. Aron, Jackson Lewis P.C.
A New Jersey state court judge has allowed a $10 million jury verdict to stand in favor of biotech firm GenScript USA in its trade secret and employee piracy claims…
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
“No-Poaching” Lawsuits Come to Hollywood
Readers of this blog are familiar with our coverage of the various cases involving high tech firms in Silicon Valley such as Google and Adobe involving alleged “no poaching” agreements…
Smooth Transitions
Shawk & Awe In Non-Compete Enforcement?
By Rob Radcliff
Remember when the US employed "shawk and awe" to start the war against Iraq? Do the same type tactics work in non-compete cases? One issue that typically arises in…
Technology Law Source
Tech companies can’t escape antitrust liability for agreeing not to solicit competitors’ employees
Our colleagues at Employer Law Report have been following a case that considers antitrust issues as they relate to competition among high-tech employers. In re High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation will…