The defendant employee moved for partial summary judgment to dismiss the plaintiff employer's claim seeking to enforce a Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement.
The employee argued the agreement was unenforceable due to lack of consideration and duress, and that the non-competition clause was overly broad.
The court granted the motion, finding that the employer provided no fresh consideration when it required the employee to sign the agreement years after his employment began.
The court also found the non-competition clause to be an unreasonable restraint of trade due to its broad temporal and spatial features.
