Non-Compete, Non-Solicit, and Non-Disclosure Agreements in Georgia

Companies regularly rely on the firm to address the following types of Georgia restrictive covenant issues:

• Drafting employment agreements, independent contractor agreements and restrictive covenants.
• Strategizing on the choice of law and venue selection provisions for multi-state employers, as court enforcement of non-competes can vary significantly from state to state.
• Providing practical guidance to companies on active steps they can take to ensure restrictive covenants remain enforceable.
• Assessing whether restrictive covenants were violated or trade secrets were misappropriated.
• Providing guidance on detecting theft of proprietary business information.
• Counseling businesses on hiring individuals who have restrictive covenants or possess proprietary business information.
• Prosecuting and defending claims of violating a non-compete or non-solicit, trade secret actions and other claims relating to unfair competition including determining whether a lawsuit is best suited for a particular state or federal court.

Individuals including sales employees and executives regularly rely on the firm to address the following types of Georgia restrictive covenant issues:

• Whether a non-compete or non-solicit is enforceable in Georgia and, if so, the extent of its enforceability.
• Providing guidance on what actions would and would not violate a particular non-compete or non-solicit.
• Whether restrictive covenants (i.e., non-compete, non-solicit, and non-disclosures) are valid in Georgia if they were not signed until after the employment or contractor position began.
• Whether a restrictive covenant is enforceable in Georgia if the company an individual worked for was merged with or purchased by another company.

To learn more about the firm’s experience in non-compete matters, please see the firm’s unfair competition practice.

Other Practice Areas

Cantrell Schuette, P.A. is a competition law boutique. As such, the firm must also have subject matter expertise in commercial litigation and employment law; both of those areas of law are often tied to competition-related disputes. Common examples of competition law issues between companies include allegations of trade secret theft, tortious interference with non-compete and non-solicit agreements, breach of non-disclosure agreements, false advertising claims, internet marketing practices, and trademark infringement. For employees and contractors, typical competition law issues include disputes over non-compete and non-solicit agreements. Please visit the firm’s litigation practice areas for more details on the type of disputes we handle and examples of past results.