In 2021, LKQ Corporation (LKQ) filed suit against Robert Rutledge, its former plant manager, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. LKQ alleged that Rutledge’s working for a competitor within nine...more
2/6/2025
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Breach of Contract ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Delaware ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforceability ,
Forfeiture ,
Illinois ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Qualified Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) ,
Restricted Stocks ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Unjust Enrichment
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing a Florida federal court ruling temporarily blocking the FTC’s noncompete ban a month after a Texas federal judge in a separate case blocked the FTC’s ban on a nationwide basis....more
Two recent rulings in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division and the Central District of Illinois, Peoria Division, have further blurred the “bright line” two-year consideration rule established by the Illinois...more