On July 2, 2018, we defended against a motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of our clients. Our clients were sued for allegedly breaching their non-compete agreements with their former employer and related claims.
As is often the case in non-compete litigation, numerous factual and legal issues were up for grabs when it came
I recently ran across a great article about noncompete agreements, which touch upon two important issues that threaten the success of every non-compete lawsuit: the role choice of law provisions play in noncompete litigation and damages at the preliminary injunction stage of a non-compete lawsuit.
As to the article by Paul O. Lopez, Can Noncompete
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to take in an oral argument on a motion to dismiss filed in a non-compete lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court’s business court (yes, this is what I do in my free time and yes I’m a nerd when it comes noncompete law). The argument was heard
Companies 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.
Briefly, non-competition restrictions prohibit an employee from going to work for a competitor of a former employer. Such post-employment restrictions
Business owners had a lot to cry about when it came to 2012 Michigan court decisions addressing noncompete agreements.
But, as discussed below, a lot of this frustration arose out of poorly drafted noncompete agreements and failing to fully evaluate the relevant circumstances involving changing employment relationships before reducing those changes to written employment agreements.
The storm that has devastated the U.S. east coast has been dubbed “Frankenstorm” because of the devastating effect of a number of separate natural conditions coming together to create a monstrous “super storm.”
While with less devastation and real-life danger, employers often experience their own employment storms as a result of stitching together various
Festivus – as introduced by Seinfeld – is a holiday celebration that included the “Airing of Grievances,” i.e., public criticism and pronouncements as to how a particular person has been a disappointment in the past year.
The timing of holiday and year-end bonuses also often mark the beginning of a similar airing of
Under Michigan law, noncompetition agreements (sometimes referred to as covenants not to compete or restrictive covenants) are generally enforceable as long as the restriction is reasonable as to subject matter, geographical scope, and duration.
But recently proposed legislation would significantly limit Michigan’s noncompete law, which is found in Michigan’s Antitrust Reform Act (MARA), MCL 445.771