| 1 | Employment status and self-employment including consultants ... A toolkit to guide users around PLC Employment materials on employment status, including how to determine status and the different rights that attach to employees and workers. The toolkit also contains materials on consultants and partners. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Restrictive Covenants Toolkit Resources to help employers protect their proprietary and confidential information and assets. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Team moves: overview This note provides an overview of the legal duties most likely to be breached in team move situations, the protective action that an employer can take, and what steps individuals and new employers can take to limit their legal liability. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Atypical restrictive covenants It is customary for employers to seek to protect their business interests, such as market position and stability of their workforce, on the departure of an employee. Often, protection is achieved through direct restraints of trade such as restrictive covenants (see Practice note, Restrictive covenants and garden leave). Sometimes, other types of contractual terms may be used (or may be viewed as being used) to limit unfair competition. This note looks at contractual clauses which can amount to indirect restraints of trade and "atypical" restrictive covenants. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Confidentiality during employment and after termination A note on the issues arising in relation to confidentiality both during employment and after termination. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Intellectual property issues relating to employees and ... This practice note considers how the UK intellectual property regime applies to employees and consultants. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Non-compete Agreements with Employees This Note provides an overview of non-compete agreements between employers and employees. Non-compete agreements are largely dependent on state law. This Note contains information that is general and not jurisdiction-specific. For information on state law requirements, see the State Q&A Tools under Related Content to the right. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Preparing for Non-compete Litigation A Note describing the steps an employer can take to prepare to successfully litigate a non-compete action, the primary options for enforcing a non-compete agreement and the strategic decisions involved with each option. This Note discusses gathering evidence, key steps to assess the enforceability of a non-compete, factors to consider before initiating legal action, cease and desist letters, declaratory judgments, seeking damages and requesting injunctive relief. This Note is jurisdiction neutral. For information on state law requirements, see the State Q&A Tool under Related Content to the right. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Protection of Employers' Trade Secrets and Confidential ... This Note describes trade secrets and confidential information protections available to employers. It examines trade secret definitions and legal recourse, including misappropriation, tortious interference and breach of duty of loyalty and/or fiduciary duty claims. It also explores relevant restrictive covenants and best practices. This Note provides a general overview of federal law in this area. For information on state law, see the State Law Q&A Tools under Related Content to the right. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Restraint of trade: practical steps on discovering post ... This note sets out the initial steps an employer should take in anticipation of possible litigation (including an application for interim relief) when it believes that a former employee, in breach of post-employment restrictive covenants, has joined a competitor or is setting up in business in competition with the employer. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Restraint of trade: preparing pre-claim correspondence (letters ... A note on the preparation of pre-claim correspondence where an employer believes a former employee is in breach of contractual obligations, including post-termination restrictive covenants, either by joining a compeititor or by setting up their own business. The correspondence considered in this note consists of the letters before claim from the employer to its former employee and the employee's new employer and the responses from those parties. For information on the issues parties should consider more generally before starting litigation, see Practice note, Pre-action considerations. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Restrictive covenants and garden leave This note gives an overview of how an employer can use garden leave and post-termination restrictive covenants to protect its business when employees leave. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Springboard injunctions for employment lawyers A note that considers the springboard doctrine and the circumstances in which employers can apply for springboard injunctions to restrain the activities of former employees. The note considers what an employer must show to obtain a springboard injunction and how such injunctions can protect the employer's business. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Team moves (1): identifying unlawful conduct This note looks at the issues involved in determining whether there has been unlawful conduct in the context of a team move. It specifically considers the express and implied contractual obligations which may typically be found to have been breached in a team move situation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Team moves (2): protective action This note looks at the action that an employer facing a team move can take to protect itself, including springboard relief. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Team moves (3): organising a team move This note considers how individuals and new employers might protect themselves against legal liability when organising a team move. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Team moves from an LLP or general partnership This note considers issues relevant to team moves in a limited liability partnership (LLP) or general partnership context. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Trade Secrets Litigation A Note discussing trade secrets litigation for employers whose employees have misappropriated trade secrets. It describes pre-litigation investigation, sending cease and desist letters and contacting law enforcement. It also addresses filing a legal action, including choice of forum and choice of law, deciding whether to include the employee's new employer and third parties, common causes of action, discovery, injunctive relief, damages and attorneys' fees. It includes best practices for preparing to counter potential defenses and counterclaims and maintaining confidentiality during litigation. | Practice notes | Maintained |