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Employment Litigation

Non-Compete & Trade Secret

As both local and national businesses endure the most trying economic times in over eighty years, it is imperative that business executives protect their proprietary information and client and customer relationships. Now, more than ever, competition for market share is fierce, and some businesses are resorting to simply taking their competitors’ market share by luring away their competitors’ key employees, and in turn, obtaining their competitors’ confidential and proprietary business information and most valued customer relationships.

Butzel Long attorneys practicing in the areas of Non-Compete and Trade Secret law possess a wealth of knowledge and extensive courtroom experience in representing and counseling clients in Non-Compete, Trade Secret and other competitively sensitive business disputes.

Experience

Achieved summary judgment in favor of employees who joined a competitor of former employee
Defended against claim by a Professor against university and his department chair for alleged theft of intellectual property; summary disposition granted in favor of university; affirmed by Michigan Court of Appeals
Epoch Tristar v. Bixby. Defended former employee in lawsuit initiated by former employer alleging violations of a covenant not to compete and related claims. Successfully pursued counterclaim and negotiated settlement.
Omega Productive Services v. Mack. Represented employer in successfully obtaining injunction and then negotiating settlement of covenant not to compete suit against former employees and new employer.