Protecting Your Trade Secrets - Silence Is Not Always Golden
Written by Joanne MurrayA company’s customer lists, price lists, marketing strategies, and other trade secrets are vital to its success. A smart business owner will ensure that key employees sign non-disclosure and non-compete agreements to protect the business if the employee leaves and takes a job with a competitor. But what if the company is sold? Does the buyer enjoy the benefits of the restrictive covenants contained in the selling company’s employment agreements? The answer is “it depends.” In Pennsylvania, if the purchase is structured as an asset purchase transaction, the buyer does not receive the benefit of the restrictive covenants contained in the seller’s agreements with its employees unless those agreements specifically state that the covenants are assignable. This is because these covenants are viewed as trade restraints that impair a former employee’s ability to earn a living and therefore are interpreted as narrowly as possible to protect the employer’s legitimate business interest.
Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is proud to sponsor Big Brother Big Sisters of Bucks County's An Evening for Kids Sake, Celebrating the Accomplishments of the Youth of Bucks County. Tickets are now on sale for the 9th Annual Signature Event on Friday, October 28th, 2011 from 7-11 at Spring Mill Manor. This is a fun event which benefits a great local charity. For full event details and sponsorship information: click here.
October 3, 2011: Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is proud to support the 11th Annual Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Bucks Fever FilmFest. This is a wonderful local celebration of emerging filmmakers, so if you are a film buff, please come to Doylestown to participate in an evening of stimulating discussion, networking and the screening of the winning films.
On Sunday, October 16th, 2011 there will be three exciting events in Doylestown which are open to the public:
Filmakers Seminar - 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Oscar Martin Room, Moose Lodge "Bringing History to Film" by Robert Child
FilmFest Networking - 6:00 - 6:45 p.m.
FilmFest Screening of Winning Films - 7:00 - 9:15 p.m.
The County Theater, 20 E. State Street, Doylestown, PA
For more infomation: 2011 CBCC Bucks Fever FilmFest
The Bucks Fever FilmFest is an annual, juried festival. Winning short films submitted by high school, college and emerging filmmakers are screened at the County Theater in Doylestown, Pa.
Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP is proud to join Davidson Trust Company and Judith A. Algeo, Esquire in sponsoring the Bucks County Bar Association's Women's Power Summit on Thursday, October 6th, 2011. The event is at the Cock N' Bull Restaurant in Peddler's Village, Lahaska from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
The program features Keynote speaker Carol Tracy, Esquire and Panelists: Judge Rochelle Friedman, Judge Cynthia Rufe, Judge Susan Devlin Scott, Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, State Representative Marguerite Quinn and Team Capital Bank Regional President Patricia Markel.
This promises to be a lively and though-provoking discussion exploring the topic of "Women and Power". The program is open to all women, so please spread the word to your friends, colleagues and business network.
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