Law Firm Resources & News

To all of our accounting friends out there who are considering leaving their current employer, taking some clients, and competing in the face of a noncompete agreement……PLEASE READ THIS RECENT FEDERAL CASE FROM MISSOURI! The case, decided this week by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, is Mayer Hoffman McCann, PC v. Thomas Barton, et…

When is an employee going to get sued for alleged breach of a non-compete? When the following factors exists:1. Employee threatened to breach his/her non-compete2. Employee told clients about new business3. Employee said bad things about old company4. Boss of old company is a huge ego5. Boss of old company wants to make a point6.…

Very smart people call our office all the time and say: “I read your blog. My contract is just like the one in that other case where the court held it to be unreasonable and invalid. So, is my contract invalid?” Short answer, no. Your contract is not unreasonable, invalid or not binding until a…

The Virginia Gazette has reported on a $1 Million noncompete lawsuit recently filed in Williamsburg, Virginia. Victor Minichiello of Sal’s By Victor is suing La Scala restaurant, where he temporarily operated while his business at Williamsburg Shopping Center was rebuilt. Minichiello’s lease was with Hassem and Georgia Salih as operators of La Scala, and Angelo…

There is a great article on the front page of yesterday’s (August 9) Wall Street Journal. The article described how a young tailor, who previously worked at one of London, England’s Savile Row tailor shops, had left his previous employer and started his own competitive business making fine men’s suits. The tailor, Matthew Farnes, now…

Our last blog post discussed whether your employer can monitor your emails at work. The answer was a “YES.” Need more confirmation about the perils of using your office email account to start that “new business” or join a “competitor?” A suit filed by Performance Food Group Co., LLC, a food-service distributor, alleges that a…

Friends. Romans. Employees. Lend me your ears. You do not have a right to privacy (for the most part) on your work computer. And your employer is getting advice like this from employment lawyers, telling them to read your emails: Delaware Employment Lawyers recommend employees “monitor” employee emails. “And, by “monitor,” I actually mean monitor—not…