Motorola has sued an ex-employee and now current Apple executive for violating a two-year non-compete agreement. Motorola is claiming that the former employee cannot perform his job for Apple without disclosing Motorola trade secrets.
A Harvard University panel has found that non-compete agreements have stifled tech start-up development in states where they are strictly enforced. This is because startups don’t often have the resources to protect the highly skilled employees that may be subject to a non-compete agreement.
The St. Louis Dispatch has a good article on the topical early retirement incentives (buyouts) and the non-compete agreements that are often located within them.
The New York Times’ Shifting Careers column has some good comments on the applicability of non-compete agreements to workers that cross state lines, and the relationship to contract interpretation and choice of laws.
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