All Questions and Answers about Non-competition

My non-compete says I can do no work I did with my ex-employer anywhere in US. Is it enforceable?
My non-compete states that I cannot do any of the work that I performed for my former employer (engineering), anywhere in the United States for the period of one year. I did not quit, I was laid off. ...
3 answers  |  asked Apr 22, 2010 9:16 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Is there a difference in non-compete agreement scope for contract versus full-time employees?
I am negotiating to become a independent contract salesperson for a software company in a niche industry. They are drafting a non-compete agreement but I will be a contractor, not an employee. Are the...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 24, 2010 08:57 AM [EST]  |  applies to California

i have a 6 month non-compete. if i hate my job, then isn't this to my advantage to just quit?
that way, i can emjoy 6 months paid and not have to work and just take soem time off. thanks!
1 answer  |  asked Mar 16, 2010 6:10 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Employer verbally waived their non-compete at a meeting with several attendie and is now retracting.
I am a nurse who brought several patients to my now former employer. During a meeting several nurses called due to having bounced paychecks and wondering if the company was in danger, we asked if we c...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 13, 2010 07:02 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

May Ienter a partnership with a customer I previously serviced under my active non-compete agrmt?
I have a non-compete with a company based in Arkansas. I now work for their competitor, which is in Tennessee where I live. I have an opportunity to invest into a business that I serviced under the pr...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 2, 2010 5:13 PM [EST]  |  applies to Tennessee

Company is based in OH & I take a job in GA, noncompete is judged by OH or GA laws?
I work for a Software as a Service (SAAS)company that offers only users on their system media buying and placement. I provide consultations and media and buying services. My noncompete says that for 1...
2 answers  |  asked Feb 25, 2010 2:56 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

If a TNphysician severence agreement binds him to Colorado law is he immune from Non-Compete Clause?
I am currently in law school and this question boggles me. My father, a TN peditrician was laid off without cause and wasoffered a severence agreement that binds him to laws of Colorado. Colorado's st...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 11, 2010 10:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to Colorado

If I'm laid off can the non-compete still be exercised?
1 answer  |  asked Feb 5, 2010 12:39 PM [EST]  |  applies to Nevada

Is this covenant not to compete considered unreasonable?
I am a veterinarian and was employed for more than three years before being fired. The reason for firing was because I told my boss I was opening my own practice in 6 months. My non compete clause sta...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 31, 2010 07:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

New job with Non-Compete Contract requirements.
I recently started a new job on a Monday w/ a new employer in the same field I was previosly in. I knew that I would have to sign a Non-Compete contract (NCC) in order to be employed by said company. ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 28, 2010 09:04 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio