In a rapidly evolving and increasingly competitive business landscape, protecting a company’s valuable assets including trade secrets, intellectual property, client relationships, and other confidential and proprietary information is essential in order to maintain a competitive advantage.

These agreements are designed to protect an employer’s assets both during employment and once an employee has separated from the company. Leech Tishman’s Labor & Employment team has a depth of experience in restrictive covenant and trade secret counseling and litigation including:

• Non-compete agreements: Agreement or contractual provision between an employer and employee that prohibits the departing employee from engaging in, or performing services for, a competing business for a period of time following their separation of employment.
• Non-solicitation agreements: Clauses prohibiting a departing employee from soliciting the clients, customers or employees of their former employer for a specified period of time following their separation of employment.
• Non-disclosure agreements: Agreements prohibiting employees from disclosing trade secrets and/or proprietary and confidential information that were disclosed to them during their tenure with the employer.