For many businesses, success depends upon keeping certain, key pieces of company information strictly in-house. This information might be a certain technique or formula used to create a product, a client list, or a business plan- all of these could indeed represent...
While non-compete agreements are generally unenforceable in California, an employer can restrict an employee from utilizing, stealing, disclosing or compromising the employer’s trade secrets, data, client lists, patents, etc. Such confidential, proprietary information...
A non-compete clause is a contractual term under which one party (typically an employee) agrees not to conduct business in direct or indirect competition with another party (typically an employer). The benefit to the employer is that the employee is restricted from...