After reading noncompete agreements (p.564-9), please explain:

(1) what is necessary for a noncompete agreement to be enforceable; and

(2) if you think that noncompete agreements are generally a good, or bad, idea and why.

In answering the 2nd question, please find a case or news article involving a dispute over a noncompete agreement and use it to support your position and provide a citation for it.

Read case study 16.2 found on pages 562-4 regarding the actions of an olive oil agent - Mr. Grappolini.

Then answer the following questions:

1 - What type of agency relationship did Mr. Grappolini have with Lucini Italia?;

2 - Explain how Mr. Grappolini breached his fiduciary duty?;

3 - What lessons can you learn about contracts, suppliers, and product launches from the case?; and

4 - Evaluate the ethics of Mr. Grappolini's conduct. Why did Vegetal's officers refer to Mr. Grappolini as a "bad boy"?