Employment

Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and Non-Competition Covenants

Today’s workforce is increasingly mobile and technologically nimble. Executive departures, employee recruitment, remote work, available technology, and competitive hiring practices create significant challenges for employers seeking to protect confidential information, customer relationships, and other valuable business assets.

Morningstar Law Group advises employers on strategies to protect proprietary information and represents businesses when restrictive covenant or trade secret issues become contested. Our attorneys combine day-to-day employment counseling with substantial litigation experience, providing practical advice informed by courtroom experience.

We work with organizations to develop enforceable non-compete agreements and other restrictive covenants, manage executive transitions, respond to allegations of unfair competition, and protect business interests that distinguish successful companies in competitive markets.

How We Help

Our attorneys advise and represent employers regarding:

  • Agreements protecting proprietary business assets, such as confidential information, trade secrets, inventions, intellectual property, and customer and employment relationships
  • Non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements and restrictive covenants
  • Confidentiality and non-disclosure covenants and agreements
  • Executive, inventor and sales personnel departures
  • Employee recruiting and mobility issues
  • Employee raiding allegations
  • Unfair competition claims
  • Restrictive covenant litigation
  • Emergency injunctions and enforcement actions

Who We Serve

We regularly represent employers across technology, healthcare, professional services, manufacturing, financial services, hospitality, life sciences, and other industries where confidential information, customer relationships, and key personnel are critical business assets.

Where litigation becomes necessary, our employment litigators work tirelessly to protect clients’ competitive advantages efficiently and effectively.

Learn more about Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secret Litigation.