Are we in big trouble?

My Husband is being sued for "non compete" breech in Ohio. His former company was a wholesale distributor. The company he now works for (as a 1099 employee) in an independent representative for several companies with similar lines of products (including the company my husband left.) My husband had no recolection of the non compete (I know that's no defense) but would have never sought to change employers except for in January of this year, employees were notified that there would be no employer match in the 401k for contributions in 2004, in March of this year, commisions were cut (no longer paid) and in June of this year, full time employees were reduced to 27-29 hours. My husband had no choice but to find new employment to support our family. We were served papers, with a restraining order/injunction, motion for expideted discovery (including a deposition one week from the date of servce) We are trying to find a lawyer in our area.