Verifying Violations of Non-Compete Agreements

Employees who sign employment agreements that include a “non-compete” provision are generally prohibited from working in jobs or businesses that would provide services or products that compete with the current employer. However, employees will often...

Case Study: Too Close for Comfort

The client had purchased a small accounting firm from a gentleman who claimed he was leaving South Florida and moving to Central Florida. The seller entered into a non-compete agreement, restricting his involvement in another accounting business to an area outside a...

Case Study: Rubbed the Wrong Way

The client owned a massage therapy business. One of the client’s massage therapists quit and went to work at another spa, which was located a few miles from the client’s business.  The client suspected the employee had taken several of her clients with him. The client...

T’was the Crime Before Christmas

The holidays are upon us, and the end of 2012 means closing old files and preparing for a (better?) 2013, so I thought it would be fun to look at how crime sometimes takes on the tone of the holiday. Here are summaries of some cases I found on various news sites,...