In Acordia of Ohio, L.L.C. v. Fishel, 2012-Ohio-2297, the Ohio Supreme Court held that while employees' noncompete agreements transfer by operation of law following a merger with an L.L.C., the language in such an agreement may preclude the L.L.C. from enforcing the...

Employers regularly utlize non-compete agreements to protect their interests-such as trade secrets, confidential information and resources spent to train and educate their employees. The necessary result is that many employees face the decision whether or not to...

Non-compete agreements, also known as "covenants not to compete," previously were part of any typical employment and/or compensation agreement between companies and their executives. While most executives may not know the exact legality of non-competition agreements,...