Category Archives: Employment Law

This was originally published on the SGR Blog.

Would Court Enforce Restrictive Covenants?

ASAPP, Inc. applied to the Court for a preliminary injunction enjoining Samuel Rowbotham from commencing employment with or otherwise providing consulting services to ASAPP’s competitor, Cresta Intelligence, Inc., for a period of one year. Rowbotham opposed the motion.

Rowbotham served as a Director of Strategic Accounts at ASAPP, a technology company with approximately 300 employees whose software is designed to improve customer and employee experiences at call centers. ASAPP hired Rowbotham in April 2021, and he began work in May 2021.

This was originally posted on the SGR Blog.

Would Court Enforce Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants?

Mission Capital LLC d/b/a SBG Funding is a financial services firm that provides personalized financing solutions to small businesses.  Jason Javich began working for SBG in February 2020 as an account executive and was employed as a manager at the time of his resignation about 18 months later. In addition to managing his own customers, Javich was also responsible for managing a team of seven account executives that worked under him. Javich oversaw the sales process for all of his team members. And SBG entrusted Javich with access to its proprietary client list database and other sensitive information.

Javich asserted that he joined SBG’s employ as an entry level funding broker and his work did not require any specialized abilities, training, education, or experience, and that, before he began working for SBG, his only full-time job had been as an administrative assistant in a radiologist’s office.