28. Non-Solicitation, No Poach & Garden Leave
"The best path to progress is freedom’s road."
John F. Kennedy
i. Before Signing
- NL 1: Injunction – Key Words & Phrases
- NL 2: Non-Compete or Non-Solicit? Use “C.A.T.C.H.” to Understand It
- NL 3: Restrictive Covenant – Key Words & Phrases
- NL 4: You Must Protect Your “B.O.B.” (Book Of Business, That Is)
- NL 5: “Employer Ask You to Sign an Agreement? Ask Your Employer to Pay Your Legal Cost”
- QA 1: Restrictive Covenant – Key Words & Phrases
ii. Is it Enforceable?
iii. Non-Solicitation and Other Restrictions
- NL 1: If You Leave Your Job, Can You Take Your Customers With You?
- NL 2: Non-Compete or Non-Solicit? Use “C.A.T.C.H.” to Understand It
- NL 3: Non-Solicitation Does NOT Mean Non-Communication
- NL 4: When Leaving Your Job, How to Take Your Colleagues With You
- NL 5: “Non-Solicitation Agreements – From A to Z”
- QA 1: “Can I be sued for poaching an employee from my former employer?”
- QA 2: “Can I solicit customers of my former employer?”
- QA 3: “If I signed a non-solicitation agreement, can I now create a website for my new business?”
- QA 4: “If my former employer closes, and opens a new company, is my non-compete (or other contracts) valid?”
- QA 5: “No non-compete, but my prospective employer has signed a ‘No-Poach’ agreement. What do I do?”
- QA 6: “Non-Solicitation Agreements – Ten Practical Questions”
- QA 7: “Should non-solicit clauses be treated the same as non-compete clauses?”
- QA 8: “Who is a ‘prospective client’ in a non-solicitation agreement?”
- QA 9: Prospective Customer or Client
- QA 10: “Can I get around a ‘non-solicitation’ agreement?”
- QA 11: “Can I Work for a Licensee or Vendor of my Former Employer?”
- QA 12: “With a ‘no-poach’ agreement, can I hire a fired employee?”
iv. Garden Leave
- NL 1: “Garden Leave’s Little Secret: It is Not Very Enforceable”
- NL 2: Garden Leave . . . Is Negotiable
- QA 1: “Can I be on ‘Garden Leave’ and reemployed elsewhere at the same time?”
- QA 2: “No Non-compete? No Stolen Secrets? You are Free.”
v. General
- NL 1: Non-Compete or Non-Solicit? Use “C.A.T.C.H.” to Understand It
- NL 2: “I Am Not Restricted” Clause in Offer Letters – Potential Roadblock
- NL 3: “Injunctive Relief” Clauses in Contracts – What Do They Mean?
- QA 1: “Can I sue my former employer for ‘interfering’ with my new job?”
- QA 2: “If I signed a non-compete / non-solicit agreement, does that stop me from working for a customer of my former employer?”
“If you live your life the right way,
your later years will not be a winter,
but rather a harvest.”