Non-Competition & Trade Secrets

Sherman & Howard's non-competition and trade secret attorneys work with employers to create policies, procedures and practices that will protect trade secrets and facilitate prosecution of a current or former employee if these secrets are divulged. In exchange for employment, individuals may be asked to sign a non-compete agreement. Laws regarding these agreements vary from state to state, but under even the best of circumstances they are valid and enforceable only if the restrictions are reasonable in length of time and geographic scope. We represent employers in the creation and enforcement of reasonable restrictions aimed at protecting them from unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets, including employers who need to sue former employees who have gone to work for competitors−for breach of the CUTA, of their non-disclosure agreements, of their non-compete agreements, or of other similar agreements. Conversely, we will help the new employer of an experienced employee−who is not disclosing a previous employer's trade secrets and who is not in violation of a non-competition agreement−defend against allegations by a previous employer.

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