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You Really Should Read the Treasury Department’s Report on Non-Competes

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Joe Ahmad

Anybody concerned with non-competes – that is any potential employer or employee, so pretty much all of us – should settle in with a nice sandwich and the beverage of their choice and read the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Economic Policy’s recent report, “Non-compete Contracts: Economic Effects and Policy Implications.” Continue reading →

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Law360 Kerfuffle Adds to Noncompetes Bonfire

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Joe Ahmad

Every few months, a story comes along that reignites the “noncompetes are evil” fervor. Right now, the story du jour is that of Stephanie Russell-Kraft, a freelance reporter who formerly wrote for the legal newswire Law360. She left Law360 – her first job out of college – to take a job at competitor Thomson Reuters Corp. Continue reading →

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Jimmy John’s Non-Compete a Non-Starter in Texas

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Joe Ahmad

Executives are used to signing Covenants Not to Compete, and unless they’re overly broad, they’re often enforceable in Texas. Executives, after all, typically receive a fair amount of consideration in exchange for the potential future restraint of trade: they’re often highly paid, privy to a wealth of confidential information about their employers, and often receive specialized training.

The same cannot be said about the person who makes or delivers sandwiches. Not unless sandwich-making got a lot more complicated and well-paid in the last few years (and something tells me it hasn’t). Continue reading →

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