Ogletree Deakins: Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Use of Rigid Tests to Evaluate Restrictive Covenants | Practical Law
This Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. memorandum discusses Reliable Fire Equipment Company v. Arredondo, in which the Illinois Supreme Court held that courts may not use rigid, structured tests in determining whether a legitimate business interest exists as they analyze the enforceability of non-competition restrictive covenants. This decision resolves a split among the Illinois appellate courts.