1.) people reading this won't pay attention or understand the fine detail
2.) non-compete clauses etc. are there because learning on the job gives an advantage to starting up after leaving.
should have researched legal precedent and played it safe imo. waited two years and set up somewhere geographically remote from the original employer...
i hope this plays out well. as much as there was some naivete in this enterprise i don't think there was any ill intent, and this really is a bit of bullying... the only sad thing is that the bullying might be legally justifiable given the circumstances described.
Non-competes for the targeted employees are completely unenforceable in California, where both companies are based, from long standing statutory and case law.
Many believe that law has more than a little to do with the success of Silicon Valley/the Bay area's tech concentration, which has long and far surpassed all others in the US.
1.) people reading this won't pay attention or understand the fine detail 2.) non-compete clauses etc. are there because learning on the job gives an advantage to starting up after leaving.
should have researched legal precedent and played it safe imo. waited two years and set up somewhere geographically remote from the original employer...
i hope this plays out well. as much as there was some naivete in this enterprise i don't think there was any ill intent, and this really is a bit of bullying... the only sad thing is that the bullying might be legally justifiable given the circumstances described.