re: Signing a "non-compete" almost a year after starting a job?

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Signing a "non-compete" almost a year after starting a job? quote: They're pretty hard to enforce anyway. quote: In Louisiana pretty worthless Here we go again. You "bartender lawyers" couldn't be more wrong. In Louisiana they're perfectly legal and favored in the law. They are enforced all the time and typically have an attorney fee clause and if you challenge in court and lose ( which you probably will) you'll pay your attorney & also pay the company's lawyer for the pleasure.

And if he refuses to sign he'll probably get fired.

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Now don't come barging in here with the truth.

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You "bartender lawyers" couldn't be more wrong. In Louisiana they're perfectly legal and favored in the law.

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1. They are legal
2. They are most certainly not favored
3. Give me a gin & tonic and make it snappy.

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I have had non-competes upheld in court, with injunctions and attorneys' fees in some cases. In other cases, I have advised clients against pursuing non-compete remedies. Assuming the non-compete is valid and enforceable in accordance with the terms of R.S. 23:921, the individual circumstances will weigh heavily on how the court views the case. OP needs a lawyer if he is concerned about the ramifications of signing.