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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

Franchisee 101: Dog Days of Operations

Lewitt Hackman on 6/30/2025

A federal court in Missouri granted franchisor’s motion for preliminary injunction against its former franchisee, enjoining the former franchisee from operating a competing business from the former franchised location....more

Franchisee 101: An UnBakeable Non-Compete

Lewitt Hackman on 9/29/2023

A Minnesota federal court denied cookie dough franchisor Cookie Dough Bliss Franchising’s motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against a former Minnesota franchisee and its owners....more

Franchisee 101: Blown Dry by the Competition

Lewitt Hackman on 9/1/2023

A Minnesota bankruptcy court granted Fantastic Sams a preliminary injunction against a former Fantastic Sams franchisee, finding the operation of four new hair salons by the former franchisee was prohibited by enforceable...more

Franchisee 101: Fitness Franchisee Exercises Poor Judgment

Lewitt Hackman on 11/25/2020

A federal court in Denver granted Fitness Together Franchise, LLC a preliminary injunction against the owner of three former franchisees, three former franchisee entities and three additional entities formed to operate a...more

Franchisor 101: (Non)Competing for Care

Lewitt Hackman on 10/30/2020

A U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court decision partly granting a preliminary injunction sought by a companionship and domestic care services franchisor against a former franchisee, for violating the...more

Franchisee 101: Successor Slips Out of Non-Compete

Lewitt Hackman on 8/4/2020

A Florida federal court granted a preliminary injunction against a terminated franchisee. The court enjoined the ex-franchisee from using the franchisor’s trademarks and trade dress. The court enforced the franchisor’s...more

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