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Third Party Enforcement of A Non-Compete and Trade Secret Pre-emption – IL Law

 (photo credit: www.glogster.com) In Cronimet Holdings v. Keywell Metals, LLC, 2014 WL 580414 (N.D.Ill. 2014), the Northern District of Illinois considers whether a non-compete contract is enforceable by a stranger to that contract as well as trade secret pre-emption of other claims. Facts and Procedural History Plaintiff, who previously signed a non-disclosure agreement with a defunct metal company (the “Target …

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Homeowners’ Operation of Home-Based Daycare Business Doesn’t Violate Restrictive Covenant Requiring Residence Use – IL Third Dist.

The plaintiff homeowner’s association in Neufairfield Homeonwers Ass’n v. Wagner, 2015 IL App (3d) 140775, filed suit against two sets of homeowners claiming they violated restrictive covenants in the development’s declaration by operating daycare businesses from their homes. The association based their suit on a declaration covenant that required all lots to be used for “Single Family Dwellings.” The declaration allowed an …

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Two-Year Continuous Employment Rule to Support Non-Compete Validated by Illinois Appeals Court

Fifield v. Premier, 2013 IL App (1st) 120327 is rightly regarded as a watershed case in Illinois employment and non-compete law circles for squarely stating that two years of continuous employment is the required consideration to support a non-compete agreement in an at-will setting. Prairie Rheumatology Associates, SC v. Francis, 2014 IL App (3d) 140338 represents an appeals court’s …

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