PARAMOUNT TAX & ACCOUNTING, LLC et al. v. H & R BLOCK EASTERN ENTERPRISES, INC., 299 Ga. App. 596

Summary

The former office manager had told plaintiff that she was resigning to spend more time with her family. Not long after her departure, plaintiff discovered defendants' advertisement of a competing tax preparation company that had been created. The trial court concluded that the restrictive covenants contained in the former office manager's employment contract with plaintiff were enforceable; that the former office manager had breached those covenants; and that the names and addresses of plaintiff's past customers constituted a trade secret. On appeal, the court agreed with defendants that the trial court abused its discretion by entering an overly-broad injunction against them since the restrictive covenants in the employment contract were unenforceable as overbroad since they failed to properly limit the territory to which it applied. The court upheld the trial court's finding that plaintiff's customer database constituted a trade secret. The court further agreed with defendants that ...