Labor/Employment
Jan. 19, 2000
Careless Whispers
By Douglas A. Wickham With its statutory ban on most noncompetition agreements, California long has been a safe haven for corporate raiders, who lure away key employees from competitors to exploit the years of training and development their employers have invested. However, with a single stroke of a judge's pen, the buccaneer days of employee raiding may soon come to an end and, at a minimum, the cost of corporate poaching will increase substantially - the inevitable disclosure doctrine has
By Douglas A. Wickham
With its statutory ban on most noncompetition agreements, California long has been a safe haven for corporate raiders, who lure away key employees from competitors to exploit the years of training and development their employers have invested. However, with a single stroke of a judge's pen, the buccaneer ...
With its statutory ban on most noncompetition agreements, California long has been a safe haven for corporate raiders, who lure away key employees from competitors to exploit the years of training and development their employers have invested. However, with a single stroke of a judge's pen, the buccaneer ...
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