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 …
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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 …
Multi-Year Request for Facebook Activity Too Broad – Illinois Federal Court
Ye v. Veissman (1:14-cv-01531)(Memorandum Opinion and Order) examines the scope of Facebook page discovery requests in the context of a wrongful death suit. There, the plaintiff, whose daughter was killed in a freak traffic accident as she walked on a downtown Chicago street, sued the responsible trucking company and driver for wrongful death and tried to recover …
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