Earlier this month, an employee of a Midwest manufacturing firm was sentenced to over a year in prison and a $100K fine for stealing trade secrets from his company before leaving to work for a competitor. Employed as a salesperson, quality assurance manager, and plant metallurgist at a cast iron manufacturer in Illinois, the employee… [Read More]
Iowa Non-Compete Lawyer
Non compete agreements, once reserved for senior executives, are now spreading to blue collar employees across the nation. A University of Maryland survey reveals that approximately one in five employees was bound by a non compete in 2014. A non compete, or restrictive covenant agreement as they are referred to in Iowa, seeks to stop… [Read More]