Are Noncompetes Enforceable?
Although standards vary from state to state, it can be difficult to enforce agreements designed to prevent former dealership employees from taking their skills — and their coworkers and your customers — to competitors.
Although standards vary from state to state, it can be difficult to enforce agreements designed to prevent former dealership employees from taking their skills — and their coworkers and your customers — to competitors.
Heavy farm equipment manufacturers won temporary exemption from New Hampshire’s newly amended Dealer Bill of Rights, days before it was to take effect on Monday. Dealers there were dealt another blow that day when General Motors announced it was pulling its dealer sales incentives from that state.
John Deere and other heavy equipment manufacturers say amendment to New Hampshire’s Dealer Bill of Rights wrongfully groups them with auto manufacturers. They filed an injunction to halt the bill from taking effect later this month.
Today, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan signed into law legislation that amends the state's Dealer Bill of Rights. The bill limits OEM-prescribed facility upgrades to every 15 years, among other provisions.
Governors in New Hampshire and Colorado are considering legislation aimed at strengthening dealers’ rights in those two states.
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