Non-compete agreements serve a vital role for employers, from protection of the their intellectual assets like customer information and business relationships to safeguarding vital trade secrets. For many companies, the protection that a non-compete offers is vital.

Register today to learn how agreements, policies and sound practices can be used to protect a business’s intellectual property and proprietary information, as well as how to deal with a key employee when their employment relationship dissolves. What you learn can be put in to action immediately in your practice.

Learn the best strategies to put non-competes and other restrictive covenants to work for your clients, including:

• Purpose of non compete agreements; protecting employer trade secrets and
confidential information

• New Jersey’s view regarding non-compete covenants

• Drafting the enforceable agreement: restricted conduct; geographic area covered,
duration of the restriction, reasonableness, public policy issues related to

corporate liability as well as individual liability

• Duty of loyalty by the employee to the employer

• Breaching the restrictive covenant; theft of trade secrets

• Employer’s recourse for a breach or theft

• What the former employee can anticipate

• Litigation issues: establishing a claim; remedies; damages

• Recent case law

• Judicial perspective

             … and more!

Who should attend:

• Corporate lawyers

• Employment lawyers

• Litigators

• General practitioners