Louis has over 20 years of experience in cases for companies and individuals involving non-compete covenants, trade secrets and other matters associated with departing employees. He has obtained restraining orders and injunctions in numerous cases to prevent departing employees from violating non-compete agreements, diverting customer relationships and misappropriating trade secrets. Louis advises clients on using non-compete covenants in employment contracts and other business agreements, as well as a wide variety of other strategies for protection of key employees, customer relationships and proprietary information. Louis also counsels employers on hiring and departure of key employees, matters involving independent contractors, and workplace privacy issues. In addition, he represents executives and other employees who are separating from and changing their employment. Louis also assists medical practices, physicians and other health care providers with employment matters and represents them in cases involving physician privileges, licensure, certificate of need, and other regulatory matters before North Carolina boards and agencies.
Representative Experience
- Represented employer and obtained injunction to enforce departing employee’s non-compete agreement
- Represented departing employees and obtained injunction prohibiting former employer from enforcing non-compete agreements
- Represented employer in resolving claims against departing employee for enforcement of non-compete agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets
- Represented departing employee in resolving former employer’s claims for enforcement of non-compete agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets
- Represented departing employee in case resulting in one of North Carolina’s first appellate opinions regarding computer software trade secrets
- Represented employer in case involving breach of computer security and possible identity theft
- Represented employer and obtained judgment against former executive dismissing his claims for wrongful discharge and breach of shareholder agreement
- Represented healthcare provider in case resulting in landmark North Carolina appellate opinion concerning certificate of need proceedings
Non-Fraternization Policies Pose Difficult Issues But May Be Useful When Limited and Enforced Fairly, Business Lawyer, January 2006
Impact of New Overtime Regulations on Health Care Occupations, Prognosis, October 2004
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Prior Legal Experience
Louis served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Alexander B. Denson, United States Magistrate Judge, from 1983 to 1985.