Georgia Sample Noncompete Clauses
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Properly drafted non-compete agreements, signed after May 2011, are enforceable in the State of Georgia. In fact, the laws governing the enforceability of non-compete agreements are favorable for businesses in the state.
A Quick State-By-State Guide on the Blue Pencil Rule In Arizona, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Oklahoma, courts will only reform the covenants that are activity restraints or non-solicitation covenants.
For the most part, Covenants to Not Compete have to be limited in time and scope, depending on the state they are created in. In Georgia, an agreement that keeps a key employee from working for a competitor anywhere in Georgia for 1 year after their employment ends, is probably enforceable against the ex-employee.
4.1 The Employee hereby undertakes that he shall, and shall cause their representatives and Affiliates to, treat any information (i) related to the Employer's Business, (ii) the information (Confidential Information) received from the Employer or from any of the Employer's Affiliates as strictly confidential and that
Typically, the only way to fight a non-compete agreement is to go to court. If you are an employee (or former employee) who signed such an agreement, this means you must violate the agreement and wait to be sued. It may be that your former employer has never sued another employee to enforce the non-compete agreement.
A: Under Georgia's Restrictive Covenants Act, employee non-compete agreements are generally enforceable.
Yes. A non-compete agreement is enforceable even if it is signed after starting work for an employer. Continued employment is considered sufficient consideration to validate a non-compete agreement in Georgia.
While the majority of states allow their courts to blue pencil or rewrite restrictive covenants to make them reasonable, three states do not permit such reformation, and four states have no clear legal guidance on whether blue-penciling is permitted, leaving employers in limbo.
Georgia's Blue Pencil Rule of Severability As of 2011, Georgia law includes a rule of severability known as the Blue Pencil rule. Under the blue pencil rule of severability, a judge is allowed to modify an overly broad restrictive covenant to render it enforceable, instead of voiding the entire non-compete.
Here are five ways to beat a non-compete agreement.Prove your employer is in breach of contract.Prove there is no legitimate interest to enforce the non-compete agreement.Prove the agreement is not for a reasonable amount of time.Prove that the confidential information you had access to isn't special.More items...
