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Restrictive covenants in professional employment contracts.

¹Department of Radiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36617.

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology

|November 1, 1989

Summary

Restrictive covenants that prevent former employees from competing may violate individual rights and public policy. Such agreements can stifle free enterprise and limit access to skilled professionals, potentially harming communities.

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Area of Science:

Legal Studies
Socio-economics

Background:

Restrictive covenants, particularly those focused on anticompetition, raise significant legal and ethical concerns regarding individual rights.
Employers often seek to enforce these covenants to protect practice areas, creating a conflict between established groups and newcomers in the competitive marketplace.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the legal and ethical implications of enforcing restrictive covenants with anticompetition as their primary objective.
To examine the potential conflict between an employer's desire for exclusivity and an individual's right to engage in competitive practices.

Main Methods:

Legal analysis of restrictive covenant principles.
Examination of case law and public policy considerations related to employment agreements.

Main Results:

Enforcing anticompetitive restrictive covenants can infringe upon individual rights and constitutional principles like equal protection.
Such covenants may violate public policy by chilling competition, hindering free enterprise, and limiting community access to skilled professionals.

Conclusions:

Restrictive covenants lacking specific private interests to protect, beyond general competitive opportunities, are legally questionable and may be deemed unenforceable.
The law surrounding restrictive covenants varies by jurisdiction, with some states showing a greater inclination to protect employer interests in service areas.

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