In Wesbrook v. Ulrich 2016 WL 6123534, the Seventh Circuit examined the reach of the truth defense to a tortious interference with contract action stemming from a bitter dispute between a prominent Wisconsin medical clinic and one of its high-level employees. The plaintiff sued a former co-worker and ex-supervisor for tortious interference with contract claiming …
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The Fifield Case: Two Years of Continuous Employment = Sufficient Consideration to Enforce Restrictive Covenants
In Fifield v. Premier Dealer Services, Inc. 2013 IL App (1st) 120327, http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2013/1stDistrict/1120327.pdf the Court squarely held that two years of continued employment is required to uphold a noncompetition or nonsolicitation provision. Facts and Procedural History Plaintiff resigned about three months after starting his job as an insurance salesman and went to work for a competing firm. He …