Legal Question in Business Law in Maine

Noncompete clause

My employment agreement has expired with my company. It has a noncompete clause that extends 5 years after the employment agreement expires. I believe this is excessive and would like to get out of it. Do I have any options?


Asked on 5/07/05, 6:00 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jerome Gamache Ainsworth Thelin & Raftice, P.A.

Re: Noncompete clause

This is the type of question that cannot be readily answered via email, and would require a consultation to obtain all the facts and review of the language of the document in question.

However, I will say that although 5 years is on the edge of permissible timeframes, it is not categorically unreasonable.

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Answered on 5/09/05, 4:31 am


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