Court: Injunction Denied in Statewide Non-Compete

Case: Wings, LLC v. Capitol Leather, LLC, Case No. CL-2014-9 (Fairfax March 6, 2014)

Wings, LLC, a company in Gainesville, Virginia, provides vinyl, fabric, and leather repair services. Most of their customers are auto dealerships and collision center who hire Wings to repair car interiors.

Wings employed technicians to service customers in defined geographic territories. Wings has customers in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, . . .

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Banker’s Non-Compete Struck Down in Virginia Court

In Nida v. Business Advisory Sys., 44 Va. Cir. 487 (1998), a loan officer resigned from a residential mortgage lender in Winchester, Virginia, and joined a competitor.

The lender sued the officer in a Virginia court for breach of a non-compete provision in an independent contractor agreement. The judge held for the officer, whose non-compete was overbroad and unenforceable as a matter . . .

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