Consider the following fact pattern: In 2006, Acme Sandwich Company hired Jane Doe to make sandwiches at one of its shops in Roseland, New Jersey. At that time, Acme required Jane to sign an ...

On February 10, 2026, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware affirmed a ruling that Delaware courts must examine the ...

When comparing homes to buy, you may discover that some communities have restrictive covenants in place. These housing rules are most common in condominiums, townhomes, planned communities and ...

A Raleigh developer wants to build 12 four-story townhouses at 524 and 528 Barksdale Drive in east Raleigh’s Woodcrest subdivision. The city has approved the project but Steve Sypher, owner of Steve ...

Employers rely on these provisions not only to protect trade secrets and client relationships, but to protect the return on their substantial investments in employee training. At the same time, ...

Using a restrictive covenant in a 1938 deed, neighbors in the Tara-Leeway Heights neighborhood convinced a developer to build a single-family home instead of a duplex. The home, 1313 N. Harrison ...

February 17, 2022 - Restrictive covenants were once the exclusive province of the common law in each state. That is no longer the case. So far, the applicable law remains state law (although there are ...

People often misunderstand the distinction between restrictive covenants and zoning. Here’s my stab at setting the record straight. Restrictive covenants (which are sometimes called “protective ...

October 1, 2021 - Courts in most U.S. jurisdictions have long applied close scrutiny when assessing the enforceability of restrictive covenants that purport to bar employees from engaging in ...

So-called “restrictive covenants,” forbidding the sale or rental of real estate to people based on their race or ethnicity, were commonplace in the middle of the 20th century, and many current real ...