am i allowed to have current customers once i form new company - the current customer does not have a contract signed with my current employer, and I do not have any type of non compete clause. I live in KY, would my company have any legal standing? Or without a contract with the customer and no non-compete clause signed with myself, would they be out of luck?
2006-10-16 10:15:54 · 3 answers · asked by Tara J 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you did not sign a contract containing a non-compete clause, you can do anything you like short of stealing. I suggest you don't take the customer information out of the old company in any way whatsoever except in your head, not even emailing it to yourself.
If you take the list out on company paper, or send it out on a company computer, or put it in your Blackberry on company time, they may be able to make a suit last long enough to get into the newspaper and make you look bad enough to shut you down by making the prospects wonder if you can survive long enough to fulfill a contract. If the new business doesn't work out (and about one in four new businesses survive the first year, even without starting out with a potential lawsuit), they aren't going to give you a very good job reference.
Consider this move carefully. It might be better to have your old employer referring business to you than being at war.
2006-10-16 10:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you have no non-compete, you should be fine. But think carefully---if you do this you will create an enemy of an established company in the business you wish to start. Is it really worth it?
2006-10-16 17:18:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jenyfer C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most states have a clause that says you have the right to earn a living. As long as you don't bring those clients in your business you are fine. If you do then you are in trouble.
2006-10-16 17:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by Karrien Sim Peters 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋