Topic
Restrictive Covenants
517 published works
Trading Secrets
Key Takeaways and Access to Webinar Recording – Protections Beyond Non-Competes
By Daniel P. Hart, Beth Sherwood, Travis Cashbaugh
As part of Seyfarth’s 2026 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panel presented Protections Beyond Non-Competes, exploring practical strategies employers can use to protect their confidential information, trade secrets, customer relationships,…
Thomson Reuters Law Blog
What are best practices for drafting employment contracts?
By Jamesju
Highlights Strong employment contracts combine essential clauses, state-specific provisions, and precise plain language to reduce ambiguity and disputes. Non-compete rules vary widely by state and keep shifting, so consider alternatives…
Gibson Dunn
UK Announces Crackdown on Non-Compete Clauses and Long Notice Periods
If implemented, the proposals would upend the status quo – significantly limiting employers’ ability to stop departing employees from joining or setting up a competitor, and potentially capping the notice…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Taming “Forever Wild” for a Windfall: Extinguishing Restrictive Covenants Pursuant to the RPAPL
In Rockwell v Despart (87 Misc3d 233 [Sup Ct, Albany County 2025]), the trial court extinguished and declared unenforceable a restrictive covenant that the subject property remain “forever wild” in…
Original Jurisdiction
Judicial Notice (09.27.26): Slow On The Uptake?
By David Lat
The CNN bureau at 820 First Street N.E. in Washington, D.C. (photo by David Lat).This week’s Judicial Notice is sponsored byBriefCatch is trusted by over 22,000 legal professionals, 50 Am…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Explains Award of Attorneys’ Fees
The Delaware Court of Chancery explained the reasoning for a specific award of attorneys' fees based on a post-trial decision earlier this year, highlighted on these pages, that discussed the…
Best Law Advisor in Gurgaon
Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants and Asset Protection
Protecting proprietary assets, sourcecodes, trade secrets, and client databases is essential to maintaining a competitive edge in knowledge-driven industries. However, contract law often maintains a strong public policy…
The Virginia Business Litigation Blog
Deleting a Typo Is Not Blue-Penciling
When a noncompete sentence trails off into an incomplete clause, is fixing it a permissible typo correction or an instance of “blue-penciling” that Virginia law does not allow? The Court…
Missouri Lawyers Media
8th Circuit sides with brokerage in dispute with former members
By Correy E. Stephenson, Special To Missouri Lawyers Media
Listen to this article In Brief The 8th Circuit upheld the Missouri choice-of-law and forum-selection provisions in Lockton’s membership agreements. The court found Lockton’s customer non-solicitation covenants enforceable as narrowed…
Securities and Investment Blog
Buying or Selling a Financial Advisor’s Book of Business: Legal and Practical Considerations
By davidcosgrovesecuritiesandinvestmentblog-blogspot
Buying or selling a financial advisor’s “book of business” may sound straightforward: determine revenue, apply a valuation method, negotiate a price and complete the transfer. In practice, these transactions can…