Assuring Your Employees' Noncompete Still Applies Post-Merger

In a close 4­3 vote, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that if a noncompete agreement of a company and its employee fails to contain language indicating it will apply to successors and assigns, that employee can leave and compete against the company into which his original employing company ultimately merges. . . 2012 – Client Advisory – Assuring Your Employees’ Noncompete Still Applies Post-Merger – June