contract-law disclaimers non-compete
Can contract have a clause that changes the contract
<p>So there is a noncompete that I may have signed, but I don't feel the noncompete will be held up in the courts due to it being unreasonable in its restrictions. </p>

<p>Here's the Kicker. There is a clause that says this...</p>

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  <p>Agreement to Modification of Restrictive Covenants: While the restrictions in sections 1, 2 and 3 are considered by you and the Employer to be reasonable in all of the circumstances as of the date of this Agreement, it is hereby agreed that if any one or more of such restrictions shall be judged to be void as going beyond what is reasonable in all of the circumstances for the protection of the interests of the Employer, but would be valid if part of the wording thereof were deleted or the period thereof reduced or the range of activities covered thereby reduced in scope, the said reduction shall be deemed to apply with such modifications as may be necessary to make them valid and effective and any such modification shall not thereby affect the validity of any other restriction contained in this Agreement.</p>
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<p>Basically saying if a judge says something else would have been reasonable, that the contract will now reflect that terms instead of the voided term. Is it legal to basically have a clause that rewrites the contract? </p>

<p>Yes, this is a very common use of a "reading down" provision used in lots of contracts, albeit worded in an unusually clumsy way.</p>
