Non-Compete Agreements Attorney in Houston, Texas
What is required to invalidate a noncompetition agreement?
What is required to invalidate a noncompetition agreement?
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we
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do a lot of work with clients on behalf
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of clients
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trying to invalidate just just dispense
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with non-competition agreements most
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times that we’re able to do that
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there’s no consideration that’s given
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there’s nothing given in exchange
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for the post-employment agreement not to
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compete but mostly
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to invalidate non-compete we’ve got to
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show and we’re
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usually able to show that the
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prohibition
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is much greater than what the employer
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really needs
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let’s say for example you have a a
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salesperson and she
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is only dealing with six customers
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that’s her account list it’s just six
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customers
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but she has a non-compete that says you
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can’t compete
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anywhere within five counties
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well that’s not reasonable and we don’t
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believe a judge would enforce it
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you know we would ask for it to you know
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the non-compete to be reformed
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so to so that it may just prohibit her
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from calling on certain customers but
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not keeping her out of the industry
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my experience has been that judges
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really
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don’t want to keep people out of
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industries they
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even if they leave whether it’s
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voluntarily or voluntary or involuntary
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they’re not likely to take to prevent
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somebody from
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making a living
Houston, TX employment law attorney Gregg M. Rosenberg explains what is required to invalidate a noncompetition agreement.
