Andy Arnold | SC Noncompete Lawyer https://scnoncompetelawyer.com Let`s Beat Your Non-Compete Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:44:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-2018-AA-Headshot-32x32.jpg Andy Arnold | SC Noncompete Lawyer https://scnoncompetelawyer.com 32 32 US News: Noncompete Basics https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/us-news-noncompete-basics/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:56:52 +0000 https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/?p=775 Just want to pass along an article appearing in U.S. News about Non-Competes. Its a good primer, and that endorsement…

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]]> Twitter vs Meta’s Threads: The Ultimate Social Media Cage Match https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/a-story-of-corporate-hypocrisy/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:02:40 +0000 https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/?p=769 There is a legal drama brewing between Elon Musk’s Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, formerly known as Facebook. The bone…

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]]> Hidden Danger: Forum Selection Clauses https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/noncompete-forum-selection/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:21:28 +0000 https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/?p=764 As a lawyer who represents individuals in non-compete lawsuits, I understand the complexities and intricacies that these agreements often contain.…

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]]> NLRB Issues Memo on Non-competes  https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/overbroad-non-compete-agreements-are-unlawful/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:35:12 +0000 https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/?p=755 NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo sent a memo to all Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge, and Resident Officers, setting forth her view that the…

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]]> How Noncompete Clauses Keep Workers Locked In https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/noncompete-clauses-keep-workers-locked/ Tue, 17 May 2022 18:06:00 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=633 Non-competes are becoming more prevalent. Once reserved for highly compensated employees, now one in five employees are bound by a noncompete. These employees become less employable outside the workplace and less valued inside the workplace.

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]]> New South Carolina Case: Noncompete and Sale of a Business https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/new-south-carolina-case-noncompete-and-sale-of-a-business/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/new-south-carolina-case-noncompete-and-sale-of-a-business/#respond Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:58:00 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=534 This case should encourage employers and those selling their business to draft their non-competes with a more reasonable geographic scope (or else risk a court throwing the non-compete out altogether). But those who are asked to sign a non-compete should keep in mind that even if their non-compete is probably unenforceable, an employer can still sue to enforce it and cause the employee a lot of stress and attorneys’ fees.

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/new-south-carolina-case-noncompete-and-sale-of-a-business/feed/ 0 Trans-Obligation: The Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is Really a Non-Compete. https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/the-non-disclosure-agreement-is-really-a-non-compete/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:11:31 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=617 So, an employee signs an employment agreement.  The agreement contains (among other things) non-compete provision and a non-disclosure provision (NDA).…

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]]> Noncompetes In Court: Attorney’s Fees https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/noncompetes-in-court-attorneys-fees/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:42:41 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=608 As mentioned in the prior post, I was in court in October (2016) and tried a non-compete case for my…

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]]> Day in Court: A Noncompete and the Duty of Loyalty https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/noncompetes-duty-of-loyalty-on-trial/ Sun, 09 Oct 2016 18:35:16 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=594 I had a trial two weeks ago week.  My client’s former employer (“Employer”) had sued him for breach of a…

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]]> Jury Trials for Attorney Fees In Breach of Contract Case https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/jury-trials-for-attorney-fees-in-breach-of-contract-case/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/jury-trials-for-attorney-fees-in-breach-of-contract-case/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:13:09 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=526 So, one of the risks of fighting a non-compete is provisions that require employees to pay for their former employer’s attorneys fees if they lose the case: Seems fair. But, of course if fairness were the issue, the provision would be reciprocal and provide attorney’s fees for prevailing employees.

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