Because of their status, partners can find themselves bound to their firms by far tighter restrictive covenants than employees, write Clare Murray and Michelle Levin.
Did you know that excluding a partner from work during their notice period, without an express garden leave clause, could result in the dissolution of the firm? And that in the absence of restrictive covenants in the partnership agreement, a departing partner is subject only to the slimmest legal limitations on his ability to compete once he has gone?
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