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Article: Tailoring Non-Compete Agreements to Enhance their Enforceability.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- October 13, 2008
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This article was published in the August 2008 issue of SuperVision, The Magazine of Industrial Relations and Operating Management.
I. INTRODUCTION Many companies utilize non-compete agreements in order to prevent their employees from working for a competitor while they are still working for the company, or for a period of time after leaving that employment. Because courts often look with disfavor on non-compete agreements, it is important that companies carefully draft these agreements in order to ensure their enforceability. The law governing the enforceability of covenants not to compete varies from state to state. Therefore, in order to increase the chances ...