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Non - compete clauses in employment contracts?

Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:16 pm
Posted by Tiger Attorney
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:16 pm
Anyone have any experience fooling with these when they are contested in court in LA?

We are thinking about hiring someone with one in their previous contract.

No intellectual property concerns or intimate knowledge...just a $14 an hour common job.
Posted by CT
Kate Upton's back
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:17 pm to
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their previous contract.


Wouldn't it be their problem and not yours?

Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:18 pm to
Is the person you are hiring an attorney? If so, LOL
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:18 pm to
According to my Biz Law professor at LSU these are rarely enforced by courts in LA against individuals
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 4:20 pm
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59443 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

Anyone have any experience fooling with these when they are contested in court in LA?


quote:

Tiger Attorney

It almost seems like we should be asking you.
Posted by BAMAisDIESEL09
Member since Jul 2012
2658 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:20 pm to
We have all of our employees sign them knowing that they are rarely enforced in local court. They are more of a scare tactic than anything...
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80182 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:20 pm to
From what I remember, they could usually only restrict you on a parish-by-parish basis.

How large is the geographical restriction?
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
6985 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:20 pm to
Not enforceable in Louisiana...I know from 1st-hand experience.
Posted by MasCervezas
Ocean Springs
Member since Jul 2013
7958 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:22 pm to
i had to sign one when I left SterlingCooperDraperPrice
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 4:22 pm
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:22 pm to
There we go lol. I knew it was something like that. Parish basis.

Probably why I made a B in the class.

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Posted by Tiger Attorney
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
19654 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:25 pm to
I am in house....and have no employment law background
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
83927 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:26 pm to
Seriously, Tiger Attorney, is the person you're hiring a lawyer?
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:27 pm to
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Not enforceable in Louisiana...I know from 1st-hand experience.
Not true.
Posted by arseinclarse
Algiers Purnt
Member since Apr 2007
34407 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:27 pm to
Post the specific clause.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79118 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:28 pm to
Yeah, naturally ask the OT instead of Westlaw.
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:28 pm to
I think this is the statute you're looking for.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 4:30 pm
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:28 pm to
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Yeah, naturally ask the OT instead of Westlaw.
You in law school?
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
80182 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:30 pm to
I remember this little saying from labor law..." Broader in (geographic) scope then shorter in duration; longer in duration then smaller in (geographic) scope."

Westlaw is your friend, though
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 4:31 pm
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76178 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:34 pm to
They're enforceable in La but frowned upon. Gotta be tightly construed
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76178 posts
Posted on 5/7/14 at 4:36 pm to
What's the blue book citation for the OT?
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