The beginning of the year is a time of high employee mobility, and with that mobility comes a risk of litigation between the hiring employer and the former employer – particularly when the two companies are direct competitors.
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Peter A. Steinmeyer To Conduct Webinar On July 10, 2012 Regarding “Hiring a Competitor’s Employees: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls”
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Peter A. Steinmeyer of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. will be speaking in an upcoming live phone/web seminar entitled “Hiring a Competitor’s Employees: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls” scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT.
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Florida Court Accepts Novel Defense to Claim of Tortious Interference with Non-Compete Agreement
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The Florida Second District Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Fiberglass Coatings v. Interstate Chemical, Inc., Case No. 2DO8-1847 (Fla. 2d DCA, February 27, 2009), illustrates an interesting defense to a tortious interference claim. Absent evidence that the new employer induced the former employee to violate his non-compete agreement, merely hiring an employee whom the employer knows to be in violation of a non-compete agreement may not be sufficient to sustain a tortious interference claim under Florida law.
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