Non-Compete Agreement – Plaintiff Wins Declaratory Injunction Voiding...
Employees confronted with non-compete agreements often face an impossible situation. Even though there is an emerging trend in Pennsylvania courts where non-compete agreements are being voided, the...
View ArticleRestrictive Covenants: Non-Solicitation Clause is Found Unenforceable Against...
In a recent New York federal court case interpreting Pennsylvania law, the court refused to enforce a non-solicitation clause against an employee who was terminated. In Fenner Precision Inc. v....
View ArticleRestrictive Covenants / Non-Compete Agreements: Court Declines to Enter...
In De Lage Landen v. Thomasian, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62639 (E. D. Pa. May 1, 2013) (Buckwalter, S. J.), the Defendant employee entered into an Employee Agreement with Restrictive Covenants and...
View ArticleNon-Compete Agreements: Non-Compete Invalid Due to Lack of Consideration
Employment law attorneys are frequently retained to advise employees on the enforceability of non-compete agreements / restrictive covenants under Pennsylvania law. In Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems of...
View ArticleNon-Compete Agreements: Pennsylvania Will Not Enforce Restrictive Covenants...
Today, in Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems of CPA, Inc., No. 142 MAP 2014, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reaffirmed that the enforcement of an employment agreement containing a restrictive covenant...
View ArticleRestrictive Covenant & Non-Solicitation Agreement May Be Unreasonable if...
Pennsylvania courts continue to carefully scrutinize restrictive covenants. In a recent non-precedential decision, First National Bank of Pennsylvania v. Nagle, Superior Court of Pa. (No. 441 WDA 2015)...
View ArticlePreliminary Injunction to Enforce Non-Solicitation Agreement Against...
Today, rather than directly hire employees, many Pennsylvania companies and some government entities enter into contracts with staffing companies that supply their employees to perform work for these...
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