Employers will often turn to confidentiality agreements, non-compete clauses and other forms of restrictive covenants in order to protect trade secrets. Clients from numerous industries have counted on Baker Donelson to write and enforce their covenants, including manufacturing and distribution businesses, financial institutions, technology companies, health care companies, physician placement services, hospitals and medical service providers, educational institutions and non-profit and government employers, as well as a number of public companies in various industries.
We represent employers in litigation involving restrictive covenants. We also handle arms-length business to business and lessor-lessee covenants, and write and enforce covenants given in the sale of businesses. Drawing on years of experience and a broad base of knowledge, Baker Donelson attorneys learn the rules of every state in which a client does business and write covenants so that they favor the employer. Whether it's defending or enforcing a covenant, we utilize every resource available, reaching across offices and practice areas to obtain successful results for our clients. Many of our cases in this area of the law have been reported and are often cited.
Several of our lawyers have focused a considerable amount of their practice on restrictive covenants. They are significantly involved in the writing, enforcement and challenge of these covenants for many clients, handling between 10 and 30 cases in front of state and federal trial courts and Courts of Appeals per year.