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I want to meet with a lawyer to make sure that I have a clean sever from my current employer when I become their competitor. I don't want to start a process (while I'm still employed by them) that may come back and bite me in the arse.

So you need a contract lawyer I'm assuming?

Yeah, I guess so..?

I'm not under contract. I never signed a non-compete. But I would like to start contacting factories about credit and terms...as well as going through the licensing process.

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No contract or non compete? Why are you worried?

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a clean sever from my current employer when I become their competitor. I don't want to start a process (while I'm still employed by them) that may come back and bite me in the arse.

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He is wise to seek advice. He wants to avoid doing stuff that could get him sued for violating trade secrets laws, theft of proprietary information, unfair trade practice laws, and the like. The mere lack of a non-compete does not let him escape all possible claims associated with becoming a competitor.

I've seen a couple of situations where a group of employees left a big company and started a new competitor. Big company, in both cases, sued the shite out them for everything they could dream up. It cost the former employees a shitload of attorney fees to fight it. And what worse time to have to spend $$$ of lawyer fees than when you just left your steady paycheck to start a new venture?

The soon-to-be former employees often do things like make copies of customer and vendor lists while still working for the big company, or download copies of helpful data, programs, etc. A little computer review will show they did it, and big company will be hella pissed. Here come the lawyers.

Best to avoid such situations.

Thanks! I'll give him a shout today, along with the other guy mentioned above.

Appreciate the help fellas.