Customer and Employee Non-solicitation Agreements: Key Negotiation, Drafting, and Legal Issues

Summary

This practice note provides the main considerations for drafting both customer and employee non-solicitation agreements. Customer or client non-solicitation agreements and employee non-solicitation agreements limit former employees (or independent contractors, vendors, etc.) from interacting in certain ways with a company's customers and employees, respectively. Jurisdictions differ in their treatment of customer and employee non-solicitation agreements.