Our colleague Peter A. Steinmeyer, a Member of the Firm at Epstein Becker Green, has a post on the Trade Secrets & Noncompete Blog that will be of interest to many of our readers in the financial services industry: “Employer’s Waiver Of Non-Compete Period In Order To Avoid $1 Million Payment Held Ineffective.”
Following is an excerpt:
In Reed v. Getco, LLC, the Illinois Court of Appeals was recently faced with an interesting situation: under a contractual non-compete agreement, the employer was obligated to pay the employee $1 million during a six month, post-employment ...
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