In a decision that garnered very different reactions from several employment lawyers, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression that the Uniform Written Obligations Act does not relieve employers of the requirement to give employees valuable consideration in exchange for signing noncompete agreements.
While some employee-side attorneys said they thought the ruling merely upheld established Pennsylvania law, some employer-side attorneys said they thought the court overstepped its bounds and ignored the clear language of the UWOA.
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