Stark & Stark’s Employment Group authored the article, Enforceable Non-Compete Agreements: How Employers Can Adequately Define and Protect Their Legitimate Business Interests, for the March 29, 2010 edition of the New Jersey Law Journal.
The article discusses the necessity of a protectable business interest, how and when to enforce a non-compete, the necessity of consideration in non-competes, attorneys fees in non-competes, and the “blue pencil” (the courts ability to strike or modify overbroad or vague provisions from the agreement and enforce the other terms).
You can read the full article online here. (PDF)