Employment Law

Has your company spent years and substantial sums of money developing a device, application, process, customer list, or another trade secret only to have an employee leave your company and begin competing with you with your property? Have you had an employee who signed a covenant not to compete leave your employment and go to work with a competitor, telling you that “those things aren’t enforceable anyway?”

Similarly, have you hired an employee from a competitor and had the previous employer threaten your company with a lawsuit for violating that company’s rights? Have allegations been made that your new employee has taken the trade secrets of his previous employer and that you are liable for that as well?

Group Of Lawyers — The Law Offices of Jack M. Kuykendall P.C. — Plano, TX

Jack has years of experience seeking injunctive relief to protect your interests when an employee has improperly taken your confidential trade secrets or gone into competition with you despite having signed a covenant not to compete. He also has years of experience representing companies who have been accused of violating the rights of a previous employer, whether through a covenant not to compete or the allegation that that employee has taken trade secrets to his new employer. You do not have to sit back and watch your time, investment, and competitive advantage be used against you. But it is essential to know what you can and cannot do and what results to expect. Suppose you are in the position of wanting to enter into a covenant not to compete with your employee. In that case, it is also essential to know how a covenant should be structured because if it is not structured correctly, it will not be enforceable.

Similarly, not every employer alleging violation by your new employee of a previous employer’s rights is correct in their assertion. A proper analysis of your rights is critical in knowing how to respond in either of these situations. Jack has extensive experience in these types of claims.

Have you had discrimination claims filed against you or been visited by a Wage-Hour investigator from the Department of Labor? Jack has successfully handled these types of claims and others involving:

  • Workmen’s compensation retaliation
  • Age discrimination
  • Other discrimination
  • Unemployment claims
  • Payday law claims

Knowing how to respond to these issues can save you tens of thousands of dollars. And often, how to respond is nothing you can learn in a book. It comes from experience. Jack has successfully handled a variety of employment issues over the years. He has also drafted employment contracts and litigation concerning those contracts. As a result, Jack has a seasoned perspective on what to include in a contract and how to represent you best when that contract ends up in the courtroom.

Call Jack at 972-989-7140 for all your employment law needs.

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