The doctor defended by stating that the parent company's merger with another entity made the plaintiff a successor under the law that could
not enforce the restrictive covenant.
Not exact matches
What mattered was that the
restrictive covenant A was trying to
enforce would have stopped the employee from providing insurance - specific recruitment services to C, even though A did
not engage in this sector at all and would
not have had the slightest commercial interest in such prohibition.
Consequently, courts look for reasons
not to
enforce restrictive covenants and the fact that an employee is «low level» often creates an equitable reason for the court to refuse to
enforce restrictive covenants.
According to subsection (j) of Florida's Non-Compete
Covenant Statute, § 542.335, «[a] court shall
enforce a
restrictive covenant by any appropriate and effective remedy, including, but
not limited to, temporary and permanent injunctions.
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:
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.
Similarly, employees who receive offers of employment that contain termination clauses and
restrictive covenants should ensure that they understand what these clauses actually mean and whether or
not a court is likely to
enforce the clauses.
In deciding whether or
not to
enforce a
restrictive covenant, the Pennsylvania courts will consider the following questions:
The court there stated that the issuance of a permit, which is in any event governed by bylaw, can
not amount to a promise that a
restrictive covenant in favour of the city would
not be
enforced.