Ms. Myer Comments on the Law of Restrictive Covenants as Applied to Franchises

Here is the link to comments Ms. Myer posted to an employment lawyers chat group on September 30.  http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=73146502&gid=144672&trk=EML_anet_di_pst_ttle&ut=3VE_mqA3v21QY1

Key Changes to Georgia’s Law Governing Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements – Part Three

This is Part Three of an article discussing the recent changes to Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants such as covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to solicit personnel and not to disclose confidential information.  Part One discussed general changes applicable to each of these types of covenants.  After providing some additional general […]

Key Changes to Georgia’s Law Governing Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements – Part Two

This is Part Two of a three part article discussing the recent changes to Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants such as covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to solicit personnel and not to disclose confidential information.  Part One discussed general changes applicable to each of these types of covenants.  After providing some […]

Key Changes to Georgia’s Law Governing Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements – Part One

As has been explained in prior postings on this website, Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants in employment agreements (covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to use or disclose confidential information and not to solicit company personnel) has undergone major changes in the past several months. Georgia has gone from having the “rules” […]

Georgia Legislature Passes Revised Restrictive Covenants Law

During the final hours of the 2011 legislative session, the Georgia Legislature passed a revised law governing restrictive covenants (covenants not to compete, covenants not to solicit customers, covenants not to solicit other employees and nondisclosure agreements).  The Governor is expected to sign the legislation, but he has not done so at this writing.  Although […]

Employment Basics for Small Businesses

Over the years, many start-up businesses have asked what they need to do to begin setting up their human relations policies.  While small businesses often don’t have the wherewithal to develop detailed human relations policies – and almost certainly don’t have a full-time human relations director – some steps should be taken early on to […]