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• PURPOSE OF THE CEASE AND DESIST LETTER

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Dear Employees: I want to let you in on a little secret. Cease and Desist letters are often written simply to scare you into submission by employers. They are not always written by lawyers and often times, your employer has no plan on actually suing you. How do I know this? Because people end up on our blog and ...
  4 days ago

• VIRGINIA LAWYER TO REVIEW EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT / SEVERANCE PACKAGE / NON-COMPETE

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Do you need a Virginia attorney to review one of the following? - Non-Compete Agreement - Severance or Separation Agreement - Employment Contract - Non-Solicitation Agreement - Confidentiality Clause Although our firm is located West of Charlottesville in Roanoke, we can review and advise Virginians all over the ...
  6 days ago

• LEAVING YOUR JOB AND CONTACTING CLIENTS

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  You have spent years building a "book of business" which includes vendors, clients, suppliers etc. Many weekends away from your family have been dedicated to meeting and making new business contacts and conventions and meetings. For what? Now your employer says you cannot take those clients with you. Are they right? ...
  6 days ago

• TIS THE SEASON - FOR SAYING TOO MUCH

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Tis the Season, right? The Season for office Christmas parties and cocktails and people saying too much to their colleagues. I remember one office Christmas party many years ago that involved inappropriate jokes and alcohol. People were overly friendly and a few hilarious memories were made. But can you imagine with ...
  1 week ago

• Virginia Employment Contracts

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Are employment contracts in Virginia legal? YES. Are they binding? YES - but if a provision in the Contract is unreasonable (ie - noncompete provision), a Virginia court could find the provision is not binding. Are contracts binding in a right to work state? Yes, Again, right to work only means you cant be forced ...
  1 week ago

• Illinois court resets bar for non-compete clause; "Legitimate business interest" test no longer valid

  
  Chicago Law — Authority: 528
  Neil Ehlers drives more than 120 miles round trip for his job in Springfield as a salesman for Midwest Aerials & Equipment Inc. He would like to cut his commute in half, but legally he cannot. His last employer, Sunbelt Rentals Inc., won a court order in late September to enforce an agreement in his employment ...
  1 week ago

• HOW TO GET AROUND YOUR NON-COMPETE

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Many Virginians want to know how they can work around their non-compete. I have had some very creative clients who have thought of unique ways to get around their non-compete agreements. Yes, I mean, compete without it appearing that they are competing. Here are some failed ways to "get around you non-compete." 1. ...
  2 weeks ago

• AOL and NON-COMPETES

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Breaking news on Wallstreet Journal Online today, AOL will fire 1/3 of work force. That is devastating for Northern Virginia. It is also devastating for those individuals who have non-compete agreements with AOL and will soon be out of work. Will AOL do the right thing and release these employees from their ...
  2 weeks ago

• WHO IS THIS?

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  QUESTION: Who is this lady? 1. She is your ex-employers IT department who was asked to examine your blackberry and laptop 10 minutes after you resigned and these items were returned. She is building a lawsuit against you for breach of contract and Trade Secret violations. 2. She is your old colleague who was ...
  2 weeks ago

• VIRGINIA VICTORY FOR EMPLOYEES IN NON-COMPETE

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  For many months now I have been closely following a case in the ED of VA Federal Court. Deltek v. IUVO, is essentially a case where employees left and started a competing business. Deltek, their ex- employer, came out swinging with trademark, breach of contract, tortious interference of contract claims etc. against a ...
  2 weeks ago

• TRENDS IN VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE LITIGATION

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  We are seeing sad trends in Virginia businesses. 1. New Non-compete for old employees Employees after years and years of service, are being asked across the board, to sign non-compete agreements and or more restrictive non-compete agreements. Often times HR directors are sending emails to all with the attached ...
  3 weeks ago

• BEFORE YOU GET THAT CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FROM....

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Dear financial advisors - before you get that cease and desit letter from [INSERT NAME OF FINANCIAL HOUSE HERE], review your agreement and consider your exit actions. Are you in breach of your non-compete? Have you already contacted customers? Did your new job say they had to have your old client list or book of ...
  3 weeks ago

• VIRGINIA LAW ON NON-COMPETES (Case by Case)

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  There is not a section of Virginia Code dedicated to employment agreements. Nor is there a litmus test which allows employees to determine whether or not the agreement they have signed is enforceable. The law in Virginia on the subject is found in common law or case law. This means, that each case, contract and ...
  3 weeks ago

• CUSTOMER LISTS

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Customer Lists are very big items to companies. It doesnt matter whether the company is a general contractor, stock broker, or commercial wholesale or retail supply business. Companies just do not want their employees walking out of the door with their customer or client lists and then contacting or soliciting those ...
  3 weeks ago

• MAD MEN and NON-COMPETES

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Ok, so I will admit I am not a daily TV watcher. That being said, I have heard from many people that the Season Finale of Mad Men was great, and somewhat relevant to my work. So, here it is - tonight will be the screening of the Finale and tomorrow the commentary. Do I really believe that non-competes were an issue ...
  3 weeks ago

• NASTY GRAM #1 - LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Nice letter. Is it legal to do that in Virginia? Yes, probably. Is it ethical? I would say no. As an employee, do you have options? Yes, probably. Can our firm review a non-compete agreement with less than 1 day notice? Most days that we are not in Court, one of us is available to review an agreement, please call ...
  4 weeks ago

• WHO PAYS FOR NON-COMPETE LITIGATION?

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Maybe you are the best in your industry - and highly sought after expert on X. You get a call from company ABC INC. LLC, who says they know you are the best and they want to hire you. They offer you $1,000,000 more per year and great stock options. Your ego has been thoroughly inflated and you say, "Fellas, sounds ...
  4 weeks ago

• WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET "CEASE AND DESIST" LETTER?

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Yikes. Bad day. Received a letter from ex-employer (we will call him Virginia Incorporated Company, LLC - or VIC, LLC) that says the following: Mr. Smith: It has come to our attention that you are currently working for Virginia Company Inc. in breach of your employment agreement, namely paragraphs 6-8, ...
  5 weeks ago

• VIRGINIA RIGHT TO WORK STATE

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 125
  I heard it again yesterday. PROSPECTIVE CLIENT: "They cant fire me for refusing to sign a non-compete agreement. Virginia is a Right to work state." Hmm. ME: "Sir, the phrase Right to work is one of the most mis-understood cliches in the Commonwealth. It does not actually mean you have a right to work, or any ...
  5 weeks ago

• Defecting Employees Destroy Successful New Business

  
  New Jersey Employment Law Blog — Authority: 112
  Heres what happened to Charter Oak , a successful new mortgage business that didnt protect itself from its own employees.   Ten of them left as a group for a larger competitor, allegedly stole files and pending deals, and basically decimated the business.  Lacking non-compete, confidentiality, and ...
  5 weeks ago

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