‘Breaking Contracts has Consequences’ – Third Circuit Backs Employer with Restrictive Covenant Agreements

A recent decision from the Third Circuit addresses a grant of preliminary injunction against an employee who signed multiple agreements with restrictive covenants, and violated them immediately upon beginning employment with a direct competitor, reports Genova Burns.

Authors Dina M. Mastellone and James W. Sukharev discuss the case of Heartland Payment Sys., LLC v. Volrath.

In that case, a former employee of Heartland breached a manager agreement by sending confidential information to his former employer’s competitors.

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