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Hello,
I had an employee that worked as my assistant. He had no office experience until I took him in. Because of my big heart I co signed a car for him and bought him all kinds of gifts because he was doing a superb job for me. I wanted him to do sales so he could make more money for the both of us. He split the brokerage with me. I had him sign a non compete , non disclosure paper. His sales were very good and things were fine until he decided to leave me for another company for a bigger split. One of his attributes was being a very good network computer person. Somehow he removed the scanned copy of the contract from my computer. He has my entire database. I would like to send him a cease and desist order and place a lien on his future wages at the new company. How can you help me? Thank you very much.

1 answer  |  asked Feb 15, 2011 4:38 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

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Phyllis Towzey
I recommend you hire an attorney to send a cease and desist letter to this individual and his new employer, demanding return of all copies of your customer list, and putting his new employer on notice that the information he removed from your computer files is proprietary. Unfortunately, if he has destroyed all signed copies of the noncompete/nondisclusure agreement, it will be difficult and expensive for you to enforce it in court. Next time keep a hard copy in a secure location. You may want to check the an IT professional to see if the deleted copy can be recovered. If you routinely back up your office files, it should be electronically stored.

posted by Phyllis Towzey  |  Mar 1, 2011 08:47 AM [EST]

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