Enforcing non-compete agreements against California employees – part II *

USA - January 8 2013
In Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements Against California Employees — Part I, I discussed how a Massachusetts company might be able to enforce a…

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Enforcing non-compete agreements against California employees — Part 1 *

USA - November 8 2012
In a post this summer, I raised three issues employers may want to consider before even requesting that an employee execute a covenant not to compete. 

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Don’t place blind reliance on boilerplate contract provisions *

USA - October 18 2012
After putting all of the specific deal points into a new contract, you are just about finished.

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The fiduciary duty of preserving corporate opportunities *

USA - September 21 2012
I read a great piece last week by Mark Rogers arguing that corporate directors can unwittingly breach their fiduciary duty by spending too much time on mobile devices during board meetings. 

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Be cautious when tempted to leverage another into an agreement *

USA - September 7 2012
Sometimes, when business people can’t directly negotiate (or re-negotiate) favorable deal terms, they are tempted to withhold a payment or some other obligation in an effort to leverage the other party into an agreement it otherwise would not make. 

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