Justice Wagner's reasoning will prove useful to parties seeking to
enforce restrictive covenants against a vendor who also becomes an employee in the course of a sale of business.
Acting for a company to
enforce restrictive covenants against a departing director and his new employer.
However, bad conduct by a former employee, whether by taking confidential information or poaching former customers of the former employer, often will overcome a court's reluctance to
enforce a restrictive covenant against a low - level employee.
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.
Not exact matches
In the case of a
restrictive covenant sought to be
enforced against a former employee, agent, or independent contractor, and not associated with the sale of all or a part of:
Representing a national supermarket chain in successfully
enforcing a
restrictive covenant in a shopping center lease
against a major national discount retailer.