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Massachusetts Judges Reluctant to Enforce Noncompete Agreements

By Lee Gesmer

Further to my post below, commenting on whether the enforceability of noncompete agreements in Massachusetts has been a major factor in Silicon Valley’s relatively greater success in attracting high tech start-ups, a review of recent Massachusetts noncompete cases shows how difficult it has become to enforce these agreements in Massachusetts. Judges appear to be leaning over backwards to deny preliminary injunction motions (which is where the real action lies in these cases). Here is a q read more

Full post as published by Mass Law Blog on December 13, 2007 (boomark / email).