Supreme Court of Florida

In contrast to an asset purchase, neither a 100 percent purchase of corporate stock nor a corporate merger affects the enforceability of non-compete agreements, thus by operation of law a surviving corporation in a merger assumes the right to enforce those agreements entered into with an employee of the merged corporation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2003
• Published 04/17/2003

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allan H. Weitzman and Sarah A. Mindes of Proskauer Rose LLP, Boca Raton, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keith F. White and Kimberly Doud of Broad and Cassel, Orlando, FL, for Respondents.