Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
In Invidia v. DiFonzo, 30 Mass. L.Rptr 390 (2012), a hair salon sued a former stylist for breaching a non-compete and non-solicitation clause in her employment agreement. The Court examined whether the new employer’s posting a job change on defendant’s Facebook page and “friending” former clients was improper solicitation. The employment contract contained a non-compete spanning two years and …
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Stericycle, Inc. v. Carney, 2013 WL 3671288 (N.D.Ill. 2013) is post-worthy for its useful gloss on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, Federal pleading requirements and a purchasing corporation’s standing to assert the restrictive covenant rights of its predecessor. Facts: In 2007 and 2008, defendant signed employment agreements (the “SEI Agreements”) with SEI, his former employer. …
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Earlier this month, in Tradesman International, Inc. v. Black, et al., 2013 WL 3949020 (7th Cir. 2013), the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment against a plaintiff construction staffing firm that sued four former employees for violating restrictive covenants they signed while employed by plaintiff. The Plaintiff sought to enforce 18-month long and (effectively) nation-wide restrictive covenants (“non-competes”) that prevented defendants …