Legal Question in Business Law in New York

former employee working on own now

I left a small business I worked for after many years. I have started my own similar business. What is the law when it comes to who I am allowed to market and solicit business to? I never signed any non compete clause ar anything like that.


Asked on 2/14/08, 5:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Nancy Delain Delain Law Office, PLLC

Re: former employee working on own now

You can market and sell to whomever would be your customer, so long as you don't out-and-out steal your former employer's client list (which they probably regard as trade secret information).

Better make ABSOLUTELY SURE there is no noncompete agreement in place, though; they can hide among the pile of papers that get signed at the first day and the last day of a job. If one did get by you, you should abide as much as possible to its terms.

Good luck.

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Answered on 2/14/08, 6:45 pm


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