
Restrictive covenant enforcement - Our team is ready to take immediate legal action when your business assets are threatened. The ultimate goal we keep in mind is to always make sure your business assets and trade secrets will be protected. Our team works with you to decide the critical terms of the agreements, such as the scope of the restrictions, definitions of clients and prospective clients, choice of law, and forum selection. We can also provide you with tailored agreements – customized to your industry and complying with relevant state and federal law– that can be used when you are bringing new employees on to your team. One size does not necessarily fit all when applying restrictive covenants. Through non-compete, non-solicit, anti-piracy, and confidentiality agreements, our team creates graded agreements from least restrictive (confidentiality) to the most restrictive (global non-compete) designed to align the appropriate level of protection with the appropriate employee. Tailored restrictive agreements - We design agreements and other protective measures that match the level of protection needed with the level of risk posed by various employees and competitors. Examples of protectable business assets include client/customer relationships, supplier relationships, bidding information, pricing and margin information, strategic plans, and prospective business opportunities
Trade secret and non-compete review - From the executive level down, our team will review the business assets that each level of employee is exposed to and utilizes in their positions to determine the amount of protection required. Our approach to protecting business assets involves a three-step process that allows clients to efficiently inventory their business assets and interests and allows us to counsel on the appropriate means to protect them, and identify what measures may be taken against those who misappropriate their confidential and trade secret information, business assets, and opportunities. We have represented companies in implementing and enforcing restrictive covenant programs, and guided executive level employees as they contemplate changes of employment in light of restrictive covenants. We regularly work with clients on a wide range of trade secret, non-compete and unfair competition issues, from crafting and negotiating employment agreements and restrictive covenants, to taking immediate legal action when a client’s business assets are threatened. McDonald Hopkins attorneys have counseled on trade secret and non-compete matters in all 50 states and litigated restrictive covenant and trade secret matters in over 36 states. Regardless of your business or industry you cannot afford to lose your competitive advantage.Īt McDonald Hopkins, our mission is to help your business safeguard its most valuable business assets: human capital, client relationships, intellectual property, technology, trade secrets, and data.
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