All Questions and Answers about Non-competition
non compete question
I am a manicurist with an independant contractor's license in the state of Ohio, and I am about to sign a lease agreement to RENT space in a salon in Ohio. The owner/landlord has put a non compete par...
1 answer | asked Jul 24, 2007 11:09 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
non compete
I am an independent contractor massage therapist. About a year ago I signed an agreement with a booking agient. I was NOT an employee, but an IC, taking care of my own taxes, etc. There is a non compe...
1 answer | asked Jul 22, 2007 4:02 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Hiring employees after leaving company
I am employed in Maryland. A colleague and a friend of mine has left that company (A). While talking to him about the kind of work he's doing I asked if he needs help. Consequently, I was offered a jo...
1 answer | asked Jul 9, 2007 09:02 AM [EST] | applies to District of Columbia
Non-Solicitation Employment Question
Hello. I'm currently a consultant working for a sizable technology firm. I wish to purse an opportunity with a client that the firm has previously (5 months ago) done business with. However, I was not...
2 answers | asked Jun 7, 2007 06:33 AM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Being sued for non-compete between states
I worked as a salesperson for a company for 9 months in the printing industry. I was compensated $18,000 in salary. This company is based in Philadelphia. I quit this job and accepted a job in South C...
1 answer | asked May 18, 2007 11:57 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Staffing Service Non-Compete Sales to Operations
I work in a sales role for a staffing service in Philadelphia, and signed a non-compete stating that I would not work for, own, or manage a competing staffing firm within 60 miles. I am being consider...
1 answer | asked May 17, 2007 9:57 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Wisconsin non-compete
I signed a non-compete agreement when I started with company "x" in 2000. Company "y" bought company "x" effective on July 1, 2005. In order to stay employed with company "y", I had to sign a new non-...
1 answer | asked May 3, 2007 07:16 AM [EST] | applies to Wisconsin
Is A Non Compete Binding If There Is No Consideration
I've recently signed a non disclosure agreement that included a non compete clause with a company that I was talking with about a web design project that I was considering undertaking. Although I have...
1 answer | asked Apr 4, 2007 3:04 PM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Non-competition contract & courts
Do the courts in the state of NY re-draw non-competition contracts they find to be too broad so they can be enforceable or do they simply deem them void?
1 answer | asked Apr 2, 2007 1:16 PM [EST] | applies to New York
NON COMPETE CREATING A HARDSHIP
I WAS RECENTLY LET GO FROM MY COMPANY IN NJ WITH NO NOTICE. I SIGNED A NON COMPETE THAT IS WAY TO BROAD BUT WANTED TO KNOW IF THE TERMINATION VOIDS THE NON COMPETE? I AM IN A POSITION WHERE IT IS CREA...
1 answer | asked Mar 16, 2007 6:32 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania