Early this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would ban non-compete agreements for employees and independent contractors throughout the United States. Before the comment deadline at the end of April 2023, the FTC received over 27,000... read more
For South Carolina employees, part of the hiring process often includes reviewing and signing certain employment agreements, such as non-compete and non-solicit agreements. These types of post-employment restrictive covenants (meaning obligations that follow you even... read more
A regular part of my practice includes advising South Carolina employees about the content and legal impact of their non-compete agreements. These agreements, which I’ve blogged about before, will often include non-solicitation agreements and provisions related... read more
New jobs are stressful–the contents of non-compete agreements certainly don’t help. For most South Carolina employees, starting a new job comes with a wave of stress and a unique set of challenges. The employee will have to integrate into the new company... read more
In a previous post, I talked about the reasons that a company might ask the court to issue non-compete injunctions against an employee. But what is the actual process at a hearing once the employer has asked the court for such an injunction? A hearing on non-compete... read more
Non-compete injunctions: If you’re an employee in South Carolina and you’ve ever signed a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement, then chances are that agreement also contains language regarding a non-compete injunction, which sounds like a variation of the... read more