This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses The Manitowac Company v. Lanning, in which the Wisconsin Court of Appeals analyzed a non-poaching agreement as a non-compete agreement, holding that the agreement was overbroad and unenforceable because it essentially prohibited a former employee from "encouraging any employee to leave [the company] for any reason or to take any job with any competitor, supplier, or customer." In Wisconsin, a restrictive covenant is enforceable only if its restrictions are reasonably necessary to protect the employer from unfair competition.