General considerations
Risk assessment regarding noncompete contracts and their enforcement
Protectable interests
Type of relationship
Rules of reformation
Controlling law and venue
Signature and writing requirements
Consideration
Opening provisions of the agreement
The nondisclosure clause
Inventions and other intellectual property assignment provisions
The traditional noncompete agreement
Customer nonsolicitation clauses
Employee nonsolicitation clauses
Other noninterference clauses
Training-related agreements
Optional enforcement contracts
Forfeiture clauses
Equity-based clawback clauses
ERISA-covered plans
Garden leave covenants
Severance and settlement agreements
Special tolling and survival clauses
Closing clauses
Remedy clauses
International restrictive covenants
The enforcement questions checklist.