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?


Asked on 4/03/09, 12:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Arkady Itkin Law Office of Arkady Itkin

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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Answered on 4/04/09, 1:45 pm


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