Legal Question in Employment Law in California
Non-Compete
I worked for a software company for 21 years and they laid me off. They got me to sign a non-compete agreement to get the serverance pay. My skills are many including business analyst, Technical analyst, designer, programmer etc I want to open my own consulting business but are afraid that many of my prior customres will contact me, what exactly is the law? can I never work on prior customers even if they are contacting me for help?
Further more a consulting company in NY has contacted me to to sub-contracting and they are aproaching my former emplyers customers, can I not sub-contract to a business that work on my prior customers?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Non-Compete
Generally, not-compete agreements are invalid and unenforceable in California. However it's very important to review and consider each individual non-compete agreement to determine the same, as there is a lot of confusion in the public regarding the differences between difference clauses of such agreements, including trade-secret, confidentiality and other provisions.
Thanks, and feel free to follow up.
Arkady Itkin
San Francisco & Sacramento Employment Lawyer
http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawfirm.com
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