Are Noncompete agreements legal?
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A non-compete agreement is a legal contract and generally you can sign into any contract you want.  Whether or not your specific non-compete agreement is legal and/or binding contract depends on state or local laws, the type of limitations your employer included, court decisions, and a variety of other factors.\n\nHere is a website with strategies to help people to break thier agreements - http://www.breakyournoncompete.com/sample.htm
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It depends on the exact place you are in with the offer/counteroffer. The key to answering your question, is that a seller can consider all the offers they want and legally accept any one of them, as long as they don't already have a contract with you. And the only way they will have a contract with you is if both of you have signed the contract. (Verbal contracts ARE legally binding, but hard to enforce due to lack of documentation.)\n\nFurthermore, a counteroffer rejects your original offer, and becomes a new offer from them to you. If you are at this stage, you have no contract, and they can enter into a sales contract with someone else. But if you have signed their counteroffer, then you do have a contract, and they CANNOT enter into a contract with anyone else.
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I am a third year law student. What's the question? If you are asking if this is a possibility, it is. Consult a lawyer. It's called forum non conviens.
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No, it is not legally possible to 'lock' clauses in this way. It is contrary to the law regarding articles of association.
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No, it is not legally binding, since, as you state, it is not signed. That is an essential element to most legally binding contracts. I would seek, rather than legal recourse, help from the school's administration. If you believe the teacher has ungraded fairly and using an arbitrary, ad-hoc system, speak to the dean of faculty and/or students and any other office on campus that regulates teaching.
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It's negotiable.  I don't think there is any law on the subject.
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You might not have to worry about it.  I have taken my non-compete contract to two different lawyers to specialize in employee-employer law.  They said that:\n\n1.  Because people have a basic right to work (some states more than others) the basic non-compete is an agregious (sp?)contract.  The only way an employer can really make it a solid contract is to agree to continue to pay your salary, even after you are gone.\n\n2.  Non-competes are only enforceable in some states.  California, for example, is a "Right to work State."  Non-competes are not enforceable.  Check your state.\n\n3.   Non-competes are only enforceable for some period of time.  Six months is enforceable, but 2 years isn't.\n\n4.  Non-competes are only valid for the kind of work you are doing for your employer.  For example, if you were selling cars for a Honda dealership in Jacksonville, Florida, your non-compete isn't valid if, say, you wanted to sell Hondas in Atlanta, GA.  They are two totally different markets and you aren't competing.  If you want to sell Mercedes in Jax, that's okay too.\n\nGood luck.\nPS  Consider asking your employer to let him out of your non-compete.  If you make a concession - i.e., promise in writing not to sell to their current customer list, you might get a release.
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There is no limit. You can sign once you both agree.
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Refer to your partnership agreement.  You do have a legal agreement, right? If not, find a lawyer and be prepared to write some unpleasant checks.
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Not a conflict that I can see.  Two businesses that for efficiency's sake are owned by the same person.  Maybe you could explain why you think this is a conflict of interest?
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When you went and started the business knowing about the contract, you took a chance that they wouldn't find out about it. I guess they did.  You can try and prove the contract was under duress, but that's going to be next to impossible to prove, especially without a lawyer to advise you.\n\nContracts are legally binding in the US because without them, the economy would fall apart from corruption.  Good luck.
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Need more info in order to answer! What exactly are you asking? Are you asking whether the customer has the right to refuse payment? Are we talking UK or US law here?\n\nIn the UK the Sale of Goods Act 1994 requires the product to be of satisfactory quality and fit for the purpose for which it was intended. The customer would, therefore, have the right to refuse the goods if they differed from the samples they were shown which formed the basis of their contract with the company.
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I don't get what you are asking - what do you mean by affirmative actions?  I need more info!  If the contract didn't exist - what is the plaintiff basing the claim off of - i.e. quasi contract or implied in fact contract etc etc. Or are you representing the defendant and want to get out of the contract because the plainitff induced you to creat one with fraud?
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A Non-Compete is a document an employer will have you sign that states that you will not work for a competitor for X number of years should you terminate ( or your company terminate )employment with them. Usually ( unless you are in the Technology, Medical or Pharmacheutical fields ) they're not worth the papaer they're printed on...and MOSt times would not be binding.
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No, this is an illegal activity.  Taking someone else's product and packaging it under another label is a crime.
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In the US, this agreement is usually nothing more than a contract.  So, there should be no reason to have it notarized.
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If you are in business together then I believe that you will be treated as equal partners in law (just because there's no written agreement it doesn't mean there isn't a legal partnership) and she would have as much right as you to make any business decisions.\n\nIf you think that she is acting against the interests of the partnership your best course of action would be to consult a soliciitor