Nothing good ever happens when someone tells you that they don’t “give a damn what the judge says . . . I can do whatever I want.” A recent Court of Appeals decision, Myers v. Broome-Edwards, illustrates this point. The Facts: A Tenant Is Kicked To the Curb Myers involved […]
As I wrote about last year for the NCADA’s Employment Law Practice Group (here), the non-compete agreement is quickly falling out of favor. At that time, we previewed the proposed rule by the FTC that would largely ban non-compete agreements. On April 23, 2024, the final rule was announced. It […]
A story as old as time. Employee meets employer. Employee signs non-compete. Employee works for employer. Employee quits working for employer. Employee goes to work for employer’s competitor. Employer sues employee and competitor for breach of the non-compete. And after a court denies the employer’s motion for a preliminary injunction […]
Today’s post examines two recent decisions from the North Carolina Business Court, Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC v. Moody and Langley v. Autocraft, Inc. These decisions implicate two related exemptions from section 75-1.1 liability for intra-enterprise operations and conduct occurring in the employer-employee relationship. The intra-enterprise exemption, rooted in the statute’s […]
