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Dear employees – congratulations. You have your employers on their toes over your non-compete agreements. How do I know this? Because they are asking google (and ending up on our blog) “What do I do when my employee refuses to sign a non-compete agreement,” or “how to convince employee they should sign non-compete agreement.” We…

As readers of this blog know, Lauren and I spend a great deal of our time fighting unfair and overly restrictive non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. I will admit…we are biased but we are always fighting for the “little guy.” I recently ran across and excellent article titled, Eight Ways to Guarantee Yourself a Noncompete Lawsuit,…

I blogged week before last about at a legislative effort in Georgia that would drastically change the way courts there analyze and enforce non-competition agreements. In most other states, one single court case could change the legal climate regarding these unique employment agreements. Want to know if the agreement you signed 6 years ago is…

You know how your Mom told you not to say anything at all if you couldn’t say something nice? She was probably smarter than you realized. 5. DEFAMATION Virginia recognizes two types of actionable defamation: defamation per se and defamation with proof of special damages. At common law, defamatory words are actionable per se if:…

Do the same rules apply to employees who sign non-competes to business owners who sell their business but agree not to compete with the new owners? The simple overwhelming answer is NO! Virginia law provides greater protection to employees who sign non-compete agreements as a part of their employment. Why? Because most employees come to…

This is one that always surprised people. On Thursday I wrote about those duties not defined in employment agreements. Read this carefully – I am amazed at how few employees know they have a duty of loyalty to their employers. 4. FIDUCIARY DUTY OF LOYALTY Virginia employees have a duty of loyalty to their employers.…