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BROWN & BROWN, INC. v. JOHNSON

No. 92.

25 N.Y.3d 364 (2015)

34 N.E.3d 357

12 N.Y.S.3d 606

BROWN & BROWN, INC., et al., Appellants, v. THERESA A. JOHNSON et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 11, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, New York City (Alun W. Griffiths, Thomas J. Cahill and Glenn C. Edwards of counsel), Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy LLP, Rochester (Eric J. Ward and Tony R. Sears of counsel), and Littler Mendelson P.C., New York City (David S. Warner and James M. Witz of counsel), for appellants.

Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo (Preston L. Zarlock and William J. Simon of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges READ, PIGOTT and ABDUS-SALAAM concur; Judges RIVERA and FAHEY taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On this appeal, we hold that applying Florida law on restrictive covenants related to the non-solicitation of customers by a former employee would violate the public policy of this state. Therefore, the choice-of-law provision in the parties' employment agreement...

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