All Questions and Answers about Non-competition

Is My Employer in Breach of Contract
From December 2008 until January 2012, I worked for Paul Mitchell the School-Jacksonville, a Beauty School. After having worked for them for over two years I was forced to sign a non compete agreement...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 28, 2012 08:52 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Can my 2nd employer enforce the non-compete against my 1st employer?
I went to work for TCi in Apr '11 as a Business Development Manager to grow the trailer repair business. I signed a non-compete agreement with them upon acceptance of offer. In December 2011, I was ap...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 20, 2012 09:36 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can a non-compete clause be enforceable if my distributor's area has changed?
When first being hired by my company, I signed a non compete listing counties that the non compete was held to. If my employer no longer has the distribution rights to many of those counties and areas...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 1, 2012 6:24 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Is my boyfriend bound by my non compete clause?
Due to ongoing conflict, I sold my half of a business to my partner. She made me sign a 1 year no compete clause for entire state of Texas. But my boyfriend has been selling similar items before we st...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 30, 2012 12:19 PM [EST]  |  applies to Texas

Can Consulting Company Keep Me from Job?
I am 4 months into a consulting job with the biggest employer of people in my position, probably in the entire down-state area. I found recently after talking to co-workers that I am getting paid half...
1 answer  |  asked Jul 24, 2012 07:32 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can my employer enforce 3rd party do not compete I was not aware of?
My boss has put a division of our company up for sale. He made sure to contact all companies in our industry in a 50 mile radius. He made them sign a confidentiality agreement (understandable) but a c...
2 answers  |  asked Jul 3, 2012 11:20 AM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania

Non-Compete
If I was fired and received a serverance package and signed a non-compete for eight months can this be upheld if it keeps from gaining employment. If I go to a company that is in a similar line of bus...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 29, 2012 08:34 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

does an employer have to sign the non-compete?
I'm involved with a case where my employer refuses to produce to the court page 05 of the non-compete agreement. Now, that's the signature page and without it how can we have a contract (since a contr...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 25, 2012 4:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can an Ex Employer re-establish a document that never existed?
I'm being sued by an ex exployer that is seeking to reestablish a non compete he said I signed the first day I was employed. I never signed one or was ever approached and asked to sign one until my la...
1 answer  |  asked May 26, 2012 09:59 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Is the non-compete agreement still valid after the sale of the company?
As part of being employed by the company I currently work for I had to sign a non-compete agreement on my first day, which included a miles restriction and a 1 year term. If I did not sign the agreeme...
2 answers  |  asked May 23, 2012 4:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to Pennsylvania