re: Professional non-compete clauses

It’s a deterrent for folks that don’t want to fight legally for their right to work.

If the former employer is agressive, deep pockets and litigious, then the former employee better be equipped to fight it out in court and be served with a TRO “Temporary Restraining Order” until your team pushes most likely for a quick summary judgement to get it lifted. If you cannot get a quick hearing, you could have a TRO around your neck for a while and in quick sand.

Wherever your going to work, get it in writing that your employed is willing to pay your legal fees and let the. Do the heavy lifting if they believe in what you bring to the table with sales and contacts.

Most judges In La. Will lift the TRO and allow you to proceed as it’s a “right to work state”, but it can also get good ole’ boy political depending on who your former employer is and the stick they swing and what jurisdiction your in.

The best thing is to have your new employer guarantee your legal fees and fight the battle with you, and if that’s the case, you don’t have much to lose.

Employees and companies try to literally take your out of your own industry and make you re-create yourself mid-career is bullshite, and that’s why most of them get lifted. But get ready for a fight!