In Seattle, former Amazon Web Services Strategic Partnership Manager Zoltan Szabadi was sued by Amazon for violation of his non-compete agreement. Szabadi is now with Google in their cloud platform business. The lawsuit alleges: Szabadi was directly and integrally involved […]
I recently wrote an article for the Texas Lawyer that can be downloaded here. The focus of the article is post-employment covenant enforcement based on some of the things I’ve learned over the years. While the article is certainly from the […]
A few months ago I confronted another FaceBook related case where we were arguing over what level of FaceBook activity constituted a solicitation in violation of a non-solicitation covenant. I’ve previously discussed this issue and given the sage advice that […]
Frequently I get the question of what type of conduct on Linked In violates a non-solicit?Unfortunately there is no clear bright line test and its more like Justice Stewart’s approach to obscenity – I know it when I see it. […]
Last year we profiled the TEKSystems v. Hammernik case that was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The case was significant because it was one of the first where a Plaintiff seeking a temporary […]
We have previously addressed rumblings that the Department of Justice was investigating agreements between companies where they agreed not to contact each other’s employees for hiring purposes. The companies involved were Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit and Pixar. In […]
In Texas there are other options to prevent departing employers from competing with your business: A Non-Solicitation: Instead of tying down your employee with a non-compete consider a non-solicitation. The non-solicit will still have to meet non-compete standards, but it can […]
Typically, employers use non-compete clauses to prevent former employees from competing with them after they’ve provided them with trade secrets, customer information, or other proprietary information. Non-solicits can essentially have the same effect – by restricting or preventing a former […]
Minnesota based TEKsystems Inc. sued three former employees for violating non-compete and non-solicit agreements. TEKSystems is in the technical recruiting business and it claims one of the former employees was contacting its contract employees. The complaint alleges Defendant Brelyn Hammernik used LinkedIn to […]
Judge William C. Griesbach, of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, recently denied a request for a temporary restraining order filed by Smith Barney against several departing brokers and their new employer, Robert W. Baird & Co. Smith Barney sought a […]
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