By Erin Barker and Natalie Sanders  The last decade has seen significant pushback against non-compete agreements in the employment context. Several states have laws that prohibit or significantly limit their use, and now, the federal government is targeting them.    On ...

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Jimmy John’s, a sandwich shop, promises “subs so fast you’ll freak.” But it was revelations that the company had made workers sign contracts promising not to swap their aprons for those of hoagie-making rivals that freaked out New York’s attorney ...

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Tommy Lasorda, the famous skipper of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said that managing a baseball team is like holding a dove in your hand — hold it too tightly and you kill it, but hold it too loosely and you ...

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BOSTON — In an area of law where things move fast, end unpredictably, and there are multiple definitions of victory, one of the most difficult and critical decisions lawyers must make is deciding who to sue. Though it’s arguably the ...

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On July 11, 2008, Kight’s Medical Corp. (“KMC”) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Wake County against Ginger Kight Pickett (“Pickett”), the former manager of KMC’s Chesapeake, Va., branch; and Atlantic Home Medical (“AHM”), the durable medical equipment ...

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   MJM Investigations, Inc. v. Sjostedt. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-0715, 12 pp.) (Linda M. McGee, J.). (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J., concurring in the result) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Paul C. Ridgeway, J.). N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where ...

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MJM Investigations, Inc. v. Sjostedt. Where the plaintiff's non-solicitation clause was vague as to whom it covered, it was unenforceable. Furthermore, when the trial court "blue penciled" the agreement to remove the covenant not to compete, it removed the only time restriction.

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