Non-Compete/Trade Secret Litigation

Anytime an employer loses a key employee, the company’s internal business strategies, initiatives, customer base and goodwill are in jeopardy. Without the proper mechanisms in place, departing employees could use this knowledge to gain an unfair competitive advantage.

When representing employers, we seek to enforce restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements that protect businesses from unfair competition. When representing employees, we help them achieve their goals, whether those goals involve working for a competitor or forming a new company in the employer’s industry.

Verdicts & Settlements

• Successfully represented a large distribution company in a complex and extremely contentious matter involving the embezzlement of over $5 million dollars, claims of fiduciary breaches, and a consolidated action involving the theft of customers and trade secrets.  Assisted in the management of the case from inception to favorable settlement on the day of trial.

• Successfully represented wholesale electronics company and its employee in a matter brought by a former employer involving alleged breaches of a restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreement. Resulted in favorable settlement through mediation.