All Questions and Answers about Non-competition
5 year-50 mile radius service non-competence clause
I owned a service business for the past 20 years, last April I sold this business and received 100% of the money at closing. At closing I was under contract to work with the new owners for 6 months to...
1 answer | asked Feb 24, 2008 9:48 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
Non-compete
In Florida, if you are fired, or layed off is a non-compete contract still valid?
1 answer | asked Feb 22, 2008 4:28 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
changed non-compete contract. Still valid?
I signed a non-compete contract in exchange for a 4% commission to be paid for me selling a former customer after I quit my job. After 5 months they told me they could only afford 3%. I took it for 2 ...
1 answer | asked Feb 21, 2008 1:35 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Non compete with global consequences?
I signed a non compete that says I can not work for a competitor for 6 months. No I will never do that again. After speaking two a few other salespeople I know they tell me the agreement is too broad ...
2 answers | asked Feb 19, 2008 5:01 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
No-hire provision; not a non-compete situation.
Hello, I have read through many of your Non-compete questions, but my question is a bit different.I have been working for a Contract Research Organization in the pharmaceutical industrey for about a y...
1 answer | asked Feb 12, 2008 4:55 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Can a company arbitrarily enforce a non-complete agreement?
I was just laid off from an IT consulting firm where I was a full time employee for eight years. I am being asked to sign a non-compete agreement in order to gain severance. According to the terms of ...
1 answer | asked Feb 12, 2008 2:24 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Is non-compete still enforceable?
I was forced to sign a non-compete to accept employment after I had left my previous job and moved some 150+ miles away. I was let go without cause without receiving any severance as laid out in my no...
1 answer | asked Feb 6, 2008 1:13 PM [EST] | applies to Texas
Competition without any non-compete clause
Dear Mel: I have worked for a local computer repair company for about 8 months. I never signed a non-competition agreement of any kind. My former boss kept demanding that I buy him out as he has moved...
1 answer | asked Jan 29, 2008 4:35 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
Validity of non-compete agreement
I am a professional computer technician who is currently looking for work. I recently found a position with a company working as a contractor (1099). After they interviewed me they handed me the contr...
1 answer | asked Jan 23, 2008 9:26 PM [EST] | applies to Florida
If company goes out of business is non compete still valid
I have received word that my current employer may be going out of business. and I have signed a non-compete agreement. If he does go out of business I would like to continue to offer some of his servi...
1 answer | asked Jan 15, 2008 11:23 AM [EST] | applies to Florida