Socko, D. v. Mid-Atantic Systems of CPA, Inc. Aplt

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal by allowance, we consider an issue of first impression: whether the enforcement of an employment agreement containing a restrictive covenant not to compete, entered into after the commencement of employment, may be challenged by an employee for a lack of consideration, where the agreement, by its express terms, states that the parties “intend to be legally bound,” which language implicates the insulating effect of the Uniform Written Obligations Act (“UWOA”),1 In light of our Commonwealth’s long history of disfavoring restrictive covenants, and the mandate…