While New Jersey's in-house attorneys may seek to enforce non-competition clauses imposed by their companies, they don't have to worry about such covenants in their own employment contracts. Fourteen years after the state Supreme Court told law firms they could not limit defecting partners' practices, its ethics committee has extended the doctrine to in-house lawyers. The rule is in line with decisions by other jurisdictions, but the comprehensiveness of the opinion is likely to gain national attention.
July 06, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
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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