Lauren Ellerman

We get calls frequently from folks who have received a letter, lawsuit or verbal threat from their former employer. The threat looks like this:“You are in breach of your agreement. We will ask the Court to enjoin you from working at your current job.”To enjoin someone means to PREVENT them…

A great number of people who call our office live out of state, but have non-compete contracts or employment agreements that state they are written under Virginia Law.Often, we will get calls from Virginians who assume we can assist them with a non-compete agreement but upon further examination, we discover…

Non-compete cases are allot like marriage. No really. Hear me out on this one.Lets make the following associations:SMALL LIE = CONTRACT BREACHWIFE’S SADNESS = Employer’s ANGERWIFE’S ANGER = MAJOR HARM to EMPLOYERAt the end of the day, it not only matters what you did, but whether your actions caused harm…

I was picking up a package at our local Fed Ex warehouse the other day and saw this very stunning poster on the waiting room bulletin board.I love it. No really. LOVE IT. Why?Because it is so entirely misleading.It says — IF YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK in bold…

In the Spirit of the Season (Easter) and the traditional EGG HUNT where small children toddle across green grass in search of brightly colored plastic eggs filled with treasures and treats, I thought I would write about the ever popular NON-COMPETE HUNT.What? You haven’t heard of it?Well, like its’ cousin…

When you bought your car, and signed a contract that said you would pay X$ a month or they would come take your car away, did you understand it was a binding contract?Or what about the time you loaned your crazy cousin Joe $10,000 and had him sign a promissory…