The Phone Connection, Inc. v. Harbst

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• recognizing that two- to three- year covenants not to compete are generally valid under Iowa law
• recognizing the Iowa Court of Appeals had examined recent Iowa cases and had found the duration of a valid restrictive covenant typically ranges from two to three years
• noting failure to argue or to cite authority in support of an issue may be deemed waiver of that issue
• enforcing a modified agreement prohibiting solicitation of business in certain counties in Iowa and Minnesota for two years
• enforcing covenant, but as modified to establish reasonable area and time restrictions
• finding a five-year covenant unreasonably long and affirming modification to a two-year term

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).