Within a year of when Michael Booth signed an employment agreement that had a noncompetition clause, he resigned as president of Axion RMS, went to work for a competitor and allegedly started luring away his former colleagues. But when Axion sued Booth, a Cook County judge tossed the case because (1) the alleged consideration for the restrictive covenant was Booth’s continued employment, and (2) several Illinois Appellate Court cases require — as a bright-line rule — two years of subsequent employment to …