Enforce Your Restrictive Covenants Against Employees And Business Partners

Restrictive covenants are contractual provisions designed to protect your business from unfair competition and the loss of confidential information. Whether through non-compete agreements, nonsolicitation clauses, or confidentiality provisions, these covenants establish clear boundaries on what former employees or business partners may do after their relationship with your company ends. When someone breaches a restrictive covenant—by working for a competitor, soliciting your customers or employees, or disclosing your trade secrets—they undermine the value of your business and the protections you took steps to secure. At Sverd Law Firm, we have successfully enforced restrictive covenants on behalf of business owners and employers who have taken appropriate measures to protect their interests.

Types Of Restrictive Covenants And Common Breaches

Non-compete agreements prohibit a former employee or business partner from engaging in competitive business within a defined geographic area and time period. A breach occurs when someone leaves your company and immediately joins a competitor or starts a competing business in violation of the agreement’s terms. Non-solicitation clauses restrict the former employee’s ability to solicit your customers, clients, or employees for a specified period. A violation might involve a departing manager contacting your key accounts to redirect their business to the former manager’s new employer, or recruiting your workforce to leave and follow them. Confidentiality agreements and trade secret protections prevent the disclosure or misuse of proprietary information, customer lists, pricing data, or other sensitive business information. These breaches often cause the most damage because they give a competitor an unfair advantage and cannot easily be undone.

Remedies And The Importance Of Swift Action

When a restrictive covenant is breached, time is critical. You need immediate injunctive relief to prevent further harm—a court order stopping the wrongdoer from continuing the competitive conduct or using your confidential information. Beyond injunctions, you can pursue damages for lost profits, diverted business, and the cost of responding to the breach. Courts will enforce reasonable restrictive covenants, but enforcing them requires aggressive litigation and a clear factual record. Delay weakens your position and allows the breaching party to entrench themselves further in competitive activities or relationships that were meant to be yours.

Let Us Handle Your Case

Do not allow former employees or partners to violate the agreements they signed. If a restrictive covenant has been breached, email us immediately to schedule your initial consultation and discuss emergency injunctive relief.