{"id":3434,"date":"2014-05-17T16:46:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2022-06-23T20:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:40:35","slug":"superior-court-clarifies-pennsylvania-law-non-compete-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/superior-court-clarifies-pennsylvania-law-non-compete-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Superior Court Clarifies Pennsylvania Law on Non-Compete Agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">On May 13, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, clarified the requirement of new consideration when an employer and employee enter into an employment agreement containing a non-competition restrictive covenant after commencement of employment. As an appellate decision, this new clarification leaves a lasting and binding effect on the trial courts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When Mid-Atlantic hired Socko as a salesman in March 2007, Socko signed an employment agreement with a two-year covenant not to compete.\u00a0 He resigned in February 2009, but was rehired in June 2009 and signed a new employment agreement with a similar two-year covenant not to compete.\u00a0 Subsequently, he signed a third employment agreement on December 28, 2010 containing a two year non-compete covering eight named states, including Pennsylvania, and anywhere else that Mid-Atlantic did business.\u00a0\u00a0 In January 2012, Socko resigned and took a position with a competitor basement waterproofing company located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Mid-Atlantic wrote the new employer enclosing the third employment letter and threatening litigation.\u00a0 The new employer terminated Socko, who sued for declaratory judgment seeking a determination that the non-compete provision of the employment agreement was unenforceable for lack of sufficient consideration.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/superior-court-clarifies-pennsylvania-law-non-compete-agreements\/#more-3434\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 13, 2014, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in Socko v. 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