In this non-compete case, a tattoo artist opened a new business less than a year after he had ceased working with his former employer. The new practice was located about 6 miles from his old employer. The trial court denied the employer’s motion for temporary injunction despite the defendant’s admission that he had taken a customer… Read more
In this non-compete case, the trial court denied a motion for temporary injunction on the basis that the restrictive covenant did not survive the expiration of the employment agreement because the post-agreement employment relationship “was not formalized in a written document.” The appellate court reversed, holding that the movant had established a substantial likelihood of… Read more
In this non-compete case, the trial court entered an order enjoining defendants from soliciting plaintiffs’ “current or prospective clients” who practiced in the area of orthopedic medicine. The order did not specify the duration of the restriction. The Fourth District reversed and remanded, holding that Rule 1.610(c) requires that the order define the referenced “clients” more specifically and that a time… Read more
An unsworn complaint, a lis pendens signed by counsel alone, and an answer and affirmative defenses filed by the defendant, “did not satisfy even the most rudimentary of conditions for entry of a mandatory injunction without notice to the adverse party” pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. Pro. 1.610 and We’re Assocs. VI Ltd. P’ship v. Curzon Dev.… Read more