Not exact matches
From a journalistic perspective, anonymous sourcing is often helpful, if not necessary, to get access to sources (often
employees or
former employees) who otherwise wouldn't speak out of fear of violating non-disclosure
agreements or retribution from the company they're speaking out
against.
There are two main types of restrictive covenant clauses in employment
agreements: non-solicitation provisions (in which the
employee is preventing from soliciting customers or
employees of the
former employer for a time, but can compete generally) and non-competition clauses (the
employee is prohibited from competing
against the
former employer, usually for a defined period and within a defined geographical area).
Lead counsel to specialized services business in litigation
against competitor and several
former employees for violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, breaching / interfering with confidentiality
agreements, false advertising, disparagement and related claims.
A recent highlight saw Bainbridge act for a national charity in a dispute with a
former employee who breached a compromise
agreement by making statements to an international journal, and representing QCR Recycling Equipment
against a competitor that allegedly made repeated defamatory statements and malicious falsehood claims.
Won arbitration
against former employee of biotechnology client for breach of confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses of settlement
agreement, and obtained preliminary and permanent injunctions for the violations in federal district court (2016 U.S. Dist.
Based on the foregoing, the Fourth DCA denied the employer's temporary injunction
against the
former employee because the employer breached the employment
agreement by failing to properly compensate the
former employee.
Successfully enforced a non-compete
agreement against a
former high level
employee in the medical services industry.
Represented
employees in lawsuits
against former employers based on employer's refusal to pay past due compensation or to honor obligations under employment
agreements and / or severance
agreements.
In most cases, California law does not permit employers to enforce a restrictive covenant
against their
former employees, particularly when it takes the form of a non-compete
agreement.
Successfully litigated a restrictive covenant case in Superior Court receiving an injunction
against our client's
former employee for violating his
agreement not to solicit customers and accounts.
Resisted an injunction brought by a bath products wholesaler
against, inter alia, a
former employee who was alleged to have breached his non-competition
agreement.
«FF can not have it both ways — on the one hand reaping the benefits of arbitration due to the
agreements with the
Former Employees; but on the other, using this Court to make a public spectacle of its grievances
against EVelozcity,» the court filing says.