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Africa: Prohibition of post-employment non-compete clauses in certain francophone jurisdictions
In the large majority of francophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa (i.e. those which are members of the Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du …
Hong Kong: High Court considers reasonableness of restrictive covenant
In Pure International (HK) Ltd v Lo Yan Chan Kenneth [2013] HKEC 1092 the Court of First Instance considered the validity of a six-month restriction …
China: Securing IP through employee non-compete obligations
IP protection in China requires the implementation of various strategies. The imposition of post-termination non-compete obligations on employees who …
Hong Kong: The year of dragon - key employment cases to note
The year of the dragon was relatively prosperous for employment law[yers] with three high profile employment case decisions (almost unheard of in Hong …
UK: The £1.7 million lunch - requiring leavers under employee incentive plans to comply with restrictive covenants
A recent High Court case provides useful clarity that companies operating employee incentive plans should be able to link the exercise of a discretion to …
Restraining ex-employee competition: recent cases highlight key steps for employers
Recent cases have highlighted the importance of employers ensuring that employees' contracts of employment and job descriptions are kept up to date as …
UK: Confidential information cannot be protected by barring order or premature application for injunction
Case law has established that it may be possible to injunct a professional adviser from acting as an expert for one party to a claim when it had …
UK: Team poaching - doubts over use of forward contracts
The duty of trust and confidence applies to forward contracts; employees may therefore lawfully withdraw from those contracts if the future …
UK: Confidential information - copying for personal use is breach of duty of good faith
An employee who e-mailed vast numbers of confidential documents to her home computer, purportedly to arm herself for a possible future dispute with her …
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