by Jonathan Wall | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Employment Agreements, Noncompetition, North Carolina Employment Law
Noncompetition agreements (“non-competes”) present thorny issues. In most cases, you have a former employee who has signed a black-and-white contract prohibiting him or her from engaging in certain employment, and the employee goes and does the one thing that the...
by Jonathan Wall | Mar 21, 2016 | News
The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the notion that private parties can enlist the courts to re-write overly broad noncompetition provisions so that they can be enforced. Rejecting the lower court’s straying from the strict blue-pencil rule, Justice...
by Jonathan Wall | Nov 17, 2014 | Blog, Employment Agreements, Noncompete, Noncompetition, North Carolina Employment Law
By Jon Wall, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC Beverage Systems, LLC v. Associated Beverage Repair, LLC, 762 S.E.2d 316 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014) is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court for review. The Court should reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision, as it...
by Jonathan Wall | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog, North Carolina Employment Law, North Carolina Litigation News
By Jon Wall, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently affirmed a long line of North Carolina cases refusing to enforce overly broad noncompetition agreements. Noncompetition agreements, also called “noncompete clauses” and...
