Anthony Ostlund partners Art Boylan and Mary Knoblauch recently obtained an order granting a motion for a temporary restraining order for its medical practice client which sought to enforce a non-compete agreement entered into by a physician/employee.
The medical practice sued the physician for breaching his non-compete agreement after his employment ended when he moved his practice to a location within the geographic restrictions of the non-compete agreement and before the twelve-month non-compete had expired.
In granting the motion for a temporary restraining order, the Hennepin County District Court found that Anthony Ostlund’s client had established the threat of irreparable harm, and that the geographic restriction and time restraint of the non-compete were reasonable such that Anthony Ostlund’s client had made a “plausible showing” it will prevail on the merits of its breach of contract claim.