Update on Ashland Management Dispute with Former Employees
The NY Court of Appeals apparently declined an opportunity to clarify the law regarding restrictive employment covenants when it issued a memo opinion in Ashland Management, Inc. v. Altair Investments NA. A blog post in January 2009 discussed the two differing views of the dispute in the Appellate Division decision and dissent, and the many issues presented by the dispute. The Court of Appeals issued an approximately one-half page memorandum opinion that -- to my mind -- was drafted to insure that neither it nor the Appellate Division decision was never cited as authority for anything.
