Fourteen years after the state Supreme Court told firms they could not limit defecting partners’ practices, New Jersey’s ethics gurus have extended the doctrine to in-house lawyers.
In Opinion 708, made public last week, the Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics struck down a proposed employment agreement limiting the right of in-house lawyers at Florham Park’s BASF Corp. to move to competitors.
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