Company’s Restrictive Covenant Found To Be Overly Broad, Unenforceable

Mealey's (April 19, 2018, 2:59 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A company’s restrictive covenant in an employment agreement with a former employee the company sued for breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets is overly broad and would create and undue hardship on the former employee if it were enforced, a federal judge in Illinois ruled April 17 in granting a motion to dismiss (Medix Staffing Solutions Inc. v. Daniel Dumrauf, No. 17-6648, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64813)....