Legal Opinion
Corporate Technologies, Inc. v. Harnett
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 23, 2013No. 13-1706PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Businesses commonly try to protect their good will by asking key employees to sign agreements that prohibit them from soliciting existing customers for a reasonable period of time after joining a rival firm. When a valid non-solicitation covenant is in place and an employee departs for greener pastures, the employer ordinarily has the right to enforce the covenant according to its tenor. That right cannot be thwarted by easy evasions, such as piquing customers’ curiosity and inciting them to make the initial contact with the employee’s new firm. As we shall explain, this…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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