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... and among its owners. A production agency may have little control over many of the contracts it deals with. However, every agency can avoid potential litigation by having certain types of contracts in place. This chapter deals with those contracts. Producer contracts are important for independent contractors or employees, as well as for the production agency they are associated with, to spell out everyone's rights and duties. In particular, the agreement should state whether it is terminable at will, what benefits the contractor/employee may expect, and how ... totally different. The buyer may lawfully obtain a covenant from the seller not to compete with the buyer in those counties in which seller did business, so long as the buyer or someone taking title from the buyer is conducting an insurance agency business in those counties. Bus. & Prof. Code Sections 16600-16602. This eliminates the antitrust problems that exist for non-owner producers. 2.2.5 Protecting expirations and other trade secrets. Anti-piracy agreements, most frequently made a part of employment agreements, are needed to protect ownership of expirations and the good ... connected with them. This is true whether the expirations are owned by the agency or the producer. If proper steps are not taken to protect them, they could lose their protected status as trade secrets. California's Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Civil Code Section 3426-3426.11, codifies the law on trade secrets. It defines trade secret' as information..that: (1 ) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; ...

...cer contracts are important for independent contractors or employees, as well ... agencies covering purchase of book of business on retirement. Individual ...