Amicus Brief - Brief of Amicus Curiae by Open Markets Institute in Support of Defendants and Appellants in Junkermeier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C. v. Alborn

WASHINGTON - On February 12, 2020, the Open Markets Institute filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court in the State of Montana urging the Montana Supreme Court to hold all non-competes to be unenforceable.

The case, Junkermeier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C. v. Alborn, involves a group of accountants restricted from practicing their trade by a former employer through the enforcement of a non-compete clause.

The brief, drafted by Thomas Singer and Amanda Hunter at the Axilon Law Group and joined by the Open Markets Institute, EIG, seven workers bound by non-compete clauses, and more than 20 individuals and businesses adversely affected by the enforcement of non-competes, cites an extensive body of research documenting how non-competes burden workers, harm the economy at large, and rest on specious justifications.

Read the full brief below or download here.