All Questions and Answers about Non-competition
Forcing a non-compete
Hello, I currently work for a Technical Staffing Firm which I joined in February 2004. At the time I started with them I signed a one-page non-compete. Just last week (April 2008, 4 years later) I hav...
1 answer | asked Apr 24, 2008 2:46 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction in a non-compete
Hi. I just got blindsided by a company I reped for for 14 years. They basically just sent out a mass email to everyone saying I was terminated and not to talk to me anymore. That's the first I heard. ...
1 answer | asked Apr 24, 2008 1:18 PM [EST] | applies to Georgia
non compete
Does a diver cleaning boat bottoms carry trade secrets that will substantiate pursuit of a non compete contract? My x employer paid me hourly under 30 hours for supposed training, however i paid for t...
1 answer | asked Apr 1, 2008 8:19 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
No-compete with incorrect verbal explanation
I was given a fairly standard no-compete contract, before signing, i was told (by my boss) that every employee would be required to sign. Three years later, i find out that not every employee signed t...
1 answer | asked Mar 25, 2008 3:46 PM [EST] | applies to Wisconsin
Non-Compete After Transfer to New Company
I signed this agreement when I began work with Company "A". After six months as a salaried employee I moved to doing freelance (i.e., 1099) work for them. I worked for them consistently under that cap...
1 answer | asked Mar 23, 2008 6:55 PM [EST] | applies to New York
Which non-compete should I honor?
I signed a non-compete agreement five years ago which stated I would not compete against the company for 2 years. Within the past three years I was asked on an annual basis to sign a personnel manual ...
1 answer | asked Mar 12, 2008 9:40 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
getting out of a non-compete agreement.
I have a non compete agreement working for an Executive Search Firm. I do not believe that I have any proprietary information or any "trade secrets" that need protecting. Executive Search firms are a ...
1 answer | asked Mar 11, 2008 10:17 AM [EST] | applies to New York
non-compete clause
I am a Physician Assistant working in the ER. I recently started work at a new hospital and signed a non-compete clause stating that I would not during my work there or for a period of 1 year after te...
1 answer | asked Mar 4, 2008 1:33 PM [EST] | applies to Wisconsin
No compete clause in ultrasound
I currently work for a mobile ultrasound company that provides services in the Youngstown, Warren, Akron/Canton areas as well as some of the other surrounding areas. I have been offered a job at anoth...
1 answer | asked Feb 28, 2008 8:10 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Non-compete/Restricted Activities
Question on non-compete statement below: I am working for company AAA, subcontracted to company BBB, which place me at a state government project. The state government has offered me a job, matching m...
1 answer | asked Feb 25, 2008 1:51 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania