Florida Non-Solicitation Agreements
As a Jacksonville Business Lawyer, I often run up against cases which involve Florida Non-Solicitation Agreements.
Definition: Solicitation is the crime of encouraging or inducing another to commit a crime or join in the commission of a crime. Solicitation may refer to a prostitute's (or her pimp's) offer of sexual acts for pay.
Florida legal theories and defenses
one who is employed as an agent, independent contractor, or employee may agree ... with her or his employer, to refrain from carrying on or engaging in a similar business and from soliciting old customers of such employer within a reasonably limited time and area ... so long as such employer continues to carry on a like business therein. Said agreements may, in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, be enforced by injunction.
Defenses
If you feel that you are dealing with a case which involves solicitation or a non-solicitation agreement, you should discuss the facts and circumstances with a Florida Business Lawyer.
