Tag: 1st District Rules Insurance Broker’s Non-Compete Clause Overbroad and Unenforceable
1st District Rules Insurance Broker’s Non-Compete Clause Overbroad and Unenforceable
A state appeals panel in the 1st District recently ruled, in Assured Partners, et. al. v. Schmitt, that several provisions in an insurance broker’s non-compete clause were too broad and unreasonable, and therefore unenforceable. The ruling provides another reminder to employers that, since the Illinois Supreme Court’s holding in Reliable Fire Equip. v. Arredondo, in