Noncompete lawProposed legislation would revise Michigan’s business courts. It would provide several revisions, including a change that will be important concerning non-compete disputes.

Michigan experimented with creating a “business court” docket in 2011 in Macomb County Circuit Court. The experiment expanded into Kent County in March 2012 and Oakland County in July 2012. Then in 2013,

Signing-Contract.jpgCompanies commonly rely on non-compete restrictions to protect their competitive business interests. But if such post-employment restrictions are not properly drafted, those agreements may not be enforceable if challenged in court.

Overview of Non-compete Restrictions

Briefly, non-competition restrictions prohibit an employee from going to work for a competitor of a former employer. Such post-employment restrictions