Worklaw Alert – Georgia Legislator Pass New Restrictive Covenant Bill
Introduction
On Thursday, April 2, 2009, Georgia Legislators passed a bill radically changing Georgia’s restrictive covenant laws. Long recognized as a state that disfavors work-related contracts that limit the right to compete, Georgia’s HB 173 reverses the long-held legal bias against enforcement of these “restraint of trade” restrictive covenants. The [...]