Reed, Roberts Associates, Inc. v. Strauman

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1976-07-13

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Wachtler, J. These cross appeals involve the efficacy of an employment contract provision barring an employee from either directly or indirectly competing with, or soliciting clients of his former employer. This restrictive covenant is not a proper subject for specific enforcement since the services of the employee were not unique or extraordinary and the employer failed to establish a studied copying of a customer list. <p i…

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