In Heartland Women’s Healthcare, Ltd. v. Simonton-Smith, 2021 IL App (5th) 200135-U, the appeals court affirmed summary judgment for an obstetrician sued for fraud based on her alleged verbal promise to retire from her practice at the end of a three-year employment term. The plaintiff claimed the defendant tricked it into buying her practice by …
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‘Salesy’ LinkedIn Posts Can Violate Ex-Employee’s Noncompete – Minn. Federal Court
In July 2017, a Federal court in Minnesota grappled with the in-vogue issue of whether a former employee violates post-employment nonsolicitation provisions by asking her network for business on LinkedIn. The warring factions in Mobile Mini v. Vevea, (see here) are direct competitors in the portable storage business. Plaintiff sued when the defendant, a former sales representative …
LinkedIn Connection Requests Don’t Violate Insurance Salesman’s Noncompete – IL Court
The First District recently considered whether an insurance salesman’s generic LinkedIn invites to some former co-workers violated non-compete provisions in his employment contract. The plaintiff in Bankers Life v. American Senior Benefits employed the defendant for over a decade as a sales manager. During his employment, plaintiff signed an employment agreement that contained a 24-month noncompete term …