Re: Response from Bruce Schwoegler

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 01:35:08 -0400 "A. Joseph Ross"
<lawyer@attorneyross.com> writes:
> On 18 Apr 2002 at 0:37, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> 
> > How could it?  If I am no longer a party to a contract, how could 
> it
> > possibly bind me?
> 
> The contract may have expired, but you are still a party to it.  In 
> the absence of the statute, 
> it would have been perfectly legal to have a noncompete clause 
> effective after your 
> employement ends.  In that case, you employment term may have 
> expired, but the 
> noncompete would not have expired.

I wonder how many contracts will continue to carry a non-compete
provision even though it's not enforceable unless the employee leaves
before his/her contract expires.
df