Non-Compete Trends | SC Noncompete Lawyer https://scnoncompetelawyer.com Let`s Beat Your Non-Compete Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:32:37 +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 Non-Compete Trends | SC Noncompete Lawyer https://scnoncompetelawyer.com 32 32 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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]]> What Happens When A Non-Compete Case Goes to Trial? https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/what-happens-when-a-non-compete-case-goes-to-trial/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/what-happens-when-a-non-compete-case-goes-to-trial/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:45:35 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=513 I have tried three cases in the last 12 months, but none more difficult than a non-compete case in Lexington…

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/what-happens-when-a-non-compete-case-goes-to-trial/feed/ 0 Physician Non-Competes Upheld by South Carolina Court of Appeals: Baugh v. Columbia Heart Clinic, P.A https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/physician-non-competes-upheld-by-south-carolina-court-of-appeals-baugh-v-columbia-heart-clinic-p-a/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/physician-non-competes-upheld-by-south-carolina-court-of-appeals-baugh-v-columbia-heart-clinic-p-a/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:09:25 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=483 In its first non-compete case involving a physicians, the South Carolina Court of Appeals used mostly well-trodden commercial case precedent to reverse a bench trial holding that the agreements were unenforceable

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/physician-non-competes-upheld-by-south-carolina-court-of-appeals-baugh-v-columbia-heart-clinic-p-a/feed/ 0 South Carolina Case Review: Team IA, Inc. v. Lucas https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/south-carolina-law-team-ia-inc-v-lucas/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/south-carolina-law-team-ia-inc-v-lucas/#respond Tue, 15 May 2012 16:56:15 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=466 The most recent reported South Carolina case involving non-compete is Team IA, Inc. v. Lucas, 717 S.E.2d 103 (S.C. Ct. of App. Oct. 2011). The case provides only modest insight into the legal landscapes of non-compete agreements, and in some ways creates a bit of uncertainty.

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/south-carolina-law-team-ia-inc-v-lucas/feed/ 0 Georgia and Texas Follow the Trend: Non-Competes Easier to Enforce https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/georgia-texas-follow-trend-non-competes-easier-to-enforce/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/georgia-texas-follow-trend-non-competes-easier-to-enforce/#respond Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:18:01 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=422 It is happening.  Slowly, states are making it easier for employers to enforce non-competes.  Recently, the Texas Supreme Court abandoned…

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/georgia-texas-follow-trend-non-competes-easier-to-enforce/feed/ 0 I am Being Sued Where? Forum Selection Clauses https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/i-am-being-sued-where-forum-selection-clauses/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/i-am-being-sued-where-forum-selection-clauses/#respond Tue, 03 May 2011 23:33:26 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=394 Too many employees who have signed a non-compete agreement fail to take notice that they have agreed to be sued in another state.  These provisions are known as "forum selection clauses." 

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/i-am-being-sued-where-forum-selection-clauses/feed/ 0 Land of the Lost: The Antiquated Notion of Geographically Based Non-Competes https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/geographically-based-noncompetes-south-carolina-law/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/geographically-based-noncompetes-south-carolina-law/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:58:05 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=387 The more non-compete matters I review and litigate the more certain I am that geographically based non-competition covenants should be per se unenforceable.

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/geographically-based-noncompetes-south-carolina-law/feed/ 0 Shepherd Law Group Study Shows Increase in Non-Compete Litigation https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/shepherd-law-group-study-shows-increase-in-non-compete-litigation/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/shepherd-law-group-study-shows-increase-in-non-compete-litigation/#respond Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:02:32 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=381 “A recent study by Shepherd Law Group shows that noncompete litigation nationwide has continued to trend upward, despite a slowing…

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]]> https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/shepherd-law-group-study-shows-increase-in-non-compete-litigation/feed/ 0 A Bimbo By Any Other Name: Third Circuit Upholds “Inevitable Disclosure” Injunction https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/a-bimbo-by-any-other-name-third-circuit-upholds-inevitable-disclosure-injunction/ https://scnoncompetelawyer.com/a-bimbo-by-any-other-name-third-circuit-upholds-inevitable-disclosure-injunction/#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:29:44 +0000 http://scnoncompete.wpengine.com/?p=362 In Bimbo Sues the Muffin Man, I briefly discussed the inevitable disclosure case filed by Bimbo Bakeries against a former…

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