Non-Compete Agreements

There are pros and cons to non-compete contracts. Employees often wonder if their old New Jersey employer will sue them for taking a higher-paying job. The answer depends on the details of the agreement. Growing trend with businesses More employers ask employees to...

You may have heard of non-compete agreements before and not really understood the full scope of their powers in New Jersey. You may already know that many non-compete agreements are enforceable. The question is, when is a non-compete agreement non-enforceable? Here's...

For most people, getting a new job in New Jersey is a great feeling. Unfortunately, this happiness can soon turn into anger and confusion if you receive a cease and desist letter. A company can send these letters to past employees who violated a non-compete agreement...

Non-compete agreements are common tools used in a variety of legal settings. They hold that someone who works in a certain industry cannot leave a place of work to go work for a competitor, and these agreements are often enforced in order to ensure that a person who...

It's not uncommon for an employer in the state of New Jersey to ask a potential employee to sign a non-compete agreement. This type of agreement between an employer and an employee works to outline specific business practices and practice areas that the employee gives...

New Jersey State Assemblymen Peter J. Barnes, III, Joseph V. Egan and Wayne P. Deangelo recently introduced a bill in the New Jersey State Assembly which limits the enforceability of certain post-employment restrictive provisions in employment contracts if the...