Tag Archives: covenants not to compete

Panel of Global Employment Lawyers Agrees on One Thing: U.S. Noncompete Laws Create Unique Challenges

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Joe Ahmad

The state-by-state patchwork of noncompete laws is difficult enough for U.S.-based businesses, let alone employers with a cross-border presence. I had the pleasure of exploring this topic with a panel of U.S. and UK-based employment lawyers as part to the … Continue reading →

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Tracking the Impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act After Five Years 

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Joe Ahmad

The now five-year-old Defend Trade Secrets Act has had a big impact, I reported in a Texas Lawyer commentary “Tracking the Impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act After Five Years.”    “Trade secret filings were on the rise even before the DTSA and have only increased since. Texas is … Continue reading →

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5 Lessons About Protecting Digital Assets From ZeniMax v. Oculus VR

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Joe Ahmad

The November edition of DCEO magazine dives into the recent $500 million jury verdict against Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality subsidiary, describing the whopper verdict as a transcendent moment for businesses that have not yet taken steps to identify and protect … Continue reading →

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Forced Out and Bound by a Non-Compete

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Joe Ahmad

As a lawyer representing executives in non-compete disputes, I have always found covenants not to compete to be, to put it mildly, troublesome. To have such a patently anti-competitive tool in a free market system flies in the face of … Continue reading →

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Negotiating Executive Compensation in an ‘Occupy’ Era

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Joe Ahmad

To follow the news, it’s tempting to think that a good chunk of the country’s financial woes can be blamed on high executive compensation. The latest incarnation of that resentment is the Occupy movement, as well as the “say-on-pay” provisions … Continue reading →

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Negotiating a severance package

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Joe Ahmad

Litigation avoidance is very high on most companies’ priority lists, and when a company is considering letting an executive go, one of their biggest concerns is how to keep their soon-to-be-former executive from hiring someone like me to file a … Continue reading →

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