| ??? 04/07/05 18:45 Read: times |
#91193 - Court decisions Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jeff Post said:
IANAL, but since the subject is important to me, I've looked into the relevant law. Courts have again and again ruled that professionals have a right to earn a living, and therefore non-compete clauses are null and void. Sure, your former employer can sue you--anyone can sue anyone for any reason. But he'll lose.
I few years back I contacted an attorney about a similar matter. He said something very similar. You have a right to make a living, and no former employer can prevent you. They can sue you, but they will lose, UNLESS they can prove a malicious intent. If you copy their products and they can show that you willfully tried to take away their customers (and the time limit of your non-compete agreement has not expired) then you may be in hot water. IANAL, but that is the advice of mine... -- Tom Bachmann |
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| How legal is it?? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I was told by a big corp president | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| IPR and Know How | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Wiping off brains | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| as long as... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Depnds | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Skilled Indeed.... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re:legal | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Re: NOT legal | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| UK/US | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| not totally | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A case. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Exclusive, or Non-Exclusive | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Consulting | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Court decisions | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| IBM vs Compuware | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Won a Settlement??? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| And the point of your post is? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Agreement | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Eh don't worry about it | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| engineering ethics | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| well | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| tosser | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Pun | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| IANAL? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| First hit on google gives: | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A tosser is... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Look it up | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Tosser [OT] | 01/01/70 00:00 |