Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
Feb. 6, 2019
Another warning shot on nonsolicits
Employers should anticipate that more employee-side attorneys will look critically at routinely imposed employee nonsolicit agreements.
Laura R. Seegal
Associate
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Phone: 415-772-5783
Email: lseegal@coblentzlaw.com
It's time to take another hard look at whether it's worth it for employers to ask their departing employees not to recruit anyone away after they leave. Nobody wants their former employees to raid the ranks of their current employees, but they don't want to be forced to defend an unfair competition lawsuit in California either. By the same token, nobody tempted to recruit their former colleagues wants to be sued for breach of contract or to have their new employer sue...
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