BNA Books Announces the Publication of the 2011 Supplement to "Drafting and Enforcing Covenants Not to Compete"

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2011 SUPPLEMENT to DRAFTING AND ENFORCING COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE, offering updated guidance on preparing a restrictive covenant.

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For an attorney tasked with preparing a restrictive covenant, sifting through the dizzying array of modern contract options for a solution can be both daunting and time consuming. DRAFTING AND ENFORCING COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE allows users to focus directly on the drafting process and on particular substantive choices, language options, and supporting authority for alternative approaches. The chapters follow the contract drafting process and associated steps in enforcement and include a general analysis of how to identify applicable restrictive covenants, discussion of basic issues that must be addressed before serious drafting begins, analysis of the progression of an ordinary contract, and presentation of innovative approaches to contractual arrangements.

The 2011 SUPPLEMENT includes three new chapters, on litigation strategy, discovery, and pleadings. In addition, it provides updates on:

• Risks of social media as regards trade secrets or the confidential status of lists of customers, vendors, or suppliers
• Staffing and consulting industries' perspectives on restrictive covenants
• The Department of Justice settlement over claims that mutual "no call" agreements to prevent employee solicitation could be per se antitrust violations
• The ongoing struggle in California courts over the existence of a "trade secret exception" to the general rule against noncompete contracts
• The use of contract language to help support a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim to address unauthorized downloading
• Significant changes to the law in Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin

DRAFTING AND ENFORCING COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE, 2011 SUPPLEMENT is authored by M. Scott McDonald, office managing shareholder and member of the board of directors at Littler Mendelson P.C. in Dallas, TX, and Jacqueline Johnson Lichty, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C. in Dallas, TX.

BNA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P., is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. In addition to DRAFTING AND ENFORCING COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE, BNA's Book Division publishes: Covenants Not to Compete: A State-by-State Survey, Employee Duty of Loyalty: A State-by-State Survey, Tortious Interference in the Employment Context: A State-by-State Survey, Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, and other titles in employment and labor law. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1.800.960.1220, send an e-mail request to [email protected], or visit us online at www.bna.com/bnabooks.

DRAFTING AND ENFORCING COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE, 2011 SUPPLEMENT may be purchased alone (196 pp. Softcover/Order #1911-PR11/$205.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) or with the main volume (554 pp. Hardcover/Order #9911-PR11/$460.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1.800.960.1220. Fax orders: 1.732.346.1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at www.bna.com/bnabooks. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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