Since last week’s post dealt with the above question regarding the sharing of commissions, I thought it would be a good idea to address that question with respect to restrictive covenants. With many insurance agencies now conducting business in more than one state, how to protect an agency’s customers in other states from the solicitation […]
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Restrictive Covenant Ruling
In one of the first appellate court cases to deal with Georgia’s new restrictive covenant law, the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (whose jurisdiction includes Georgia) has held that law did not take effect until May 11, 2011. As you may remember, that law was originally intended to take effect the day after the constitutional […]
Read more...Take Advantage of the new Restrictive Covenant Law
Most people have heard that a new law governing restrictive covenants in Georgia went into effect in 2011, but many employers have failed to take advantage of the benefits provided them under that law. Perhaps the most far reaching change effected by the new law is the ability of a judge to rewrite a covenant that […]
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