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- From: scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: executive orders
- Message-ID: <128@bbx.basis.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:38:56 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.060929.11298@athena.mit.edu> <1993Jan24.071407.2582@midway.uchicago.edu> <C1DGIn.71K@panix.com>
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- In article <C1DGIn.71K@panix.com> lkk@panix.com (Larry Kolodney) writes:
- >
- >"Covenants not to compete" are quite commonly given by key employees
- >of companies which would be seriously damaged if said employee
- >went to work for a competitor. Courts generally limit the scope of
- >such covenants geographically and temporaly, so that they are
- >reasonably related to the legitimate goal of preventing such
- >employees from taking advantage of their former employer.
-
- I should add the such covenants normally (and should) provide something
- in return to the employee such as a recruitment bonus or golden handcuffs.
- Mere employment is not necessarily regarded as due consideration for
- a promise to limit one's livelihood at a later point in time.
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- Scott Amspoker |
- Basis International, Albuquerque, NM | Too bad ignorance isn't really
- | bliss. Then it could be outlawed.
- scott@bbx.basis.com |
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