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Subject:Re: Non-Competition Clause From:"Paula B. Whitaker" <pbw3172 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com, parametrica -at- listbot -dot- com Date:Sat, 11 Mar 2000 08:46:37 -0800 (PST)
Just to let everybody know, I reside in North
Carolina.
Paula
--- Tom Murrell <tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote:
> You say you don't want legal advice, but that's
> exactly what you need. I
> would strongly urge you to get it.
>
> The legal advice I have received in the past is that
> such clauses, whether
> in contractor agreements or employment agreements,
> are not valid in the
> state of Ohio, where I reside. However, I don't
> know where you live, and
> the law may be different--though I have not heard of
> a case where
> non-compete clauses were upheld in a court of law.
> (But I am not an expert
> in these things.)
>
> Tom Murrell
>
> ----------
> >From: PBW <pbw3172 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> >
> > I usually lurk around on the Techwr-l and
> Parametrica
> > list. I wondered if you could possibly make sense
> of
> > a non-competition clause in my current contract.
> >
>
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