Client Alert - Trade Secret and Non-Compete - Time to Review your Employment Agreements: “Expired” is not the same as “Terminated” when it comes to enforcing restrictive covenants

Employment agreements that contain both restrictive covenants and specific lengths or terms might pose enforcement risks if the contract simply runs its course and "expires".  That's the conclusion of the Michigan Court of Appeals in the recent unpublished decision in VHC, P.C. v. Elshaarawy, M.D., Docket No. 297625 (Mich. App. June 16, 2011).