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Media Cover Freeborn Client Brown & Brown’s Court Victory Over Restrictive Covenants

Judge Dennis Craig of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Volusia County, Fla., on Oct. 14, 2016, granted a motion for temporary injunction by Freeborn client Brown & Brown, Inc., an independent insurance broker, against AssuredPartners Inc. (AP) and former Brown & Brown employees hired by AP, finding sufficient evidence that AP violated restrictions in the employees’ restrictive covenants. Michael J. Kelly and Katheleen A. Ehrhart, members of the Litigation Practice Group, represented Brown & Brown in the action, which was covered by media outlets including Law360, Business Insurance and the Daytona Beach News-Journal. To read the Oct. 25, 2016, BusinessInsurance.com article “Brown & Brown noncompete agreements ruled enforceable,” click here.

To read the Oct. 25, 2016, Law360 article “Insurance Broker Wins Injunction Against Rival, Ex-Employees,” click here (subscription required).