Non-competes that work, and the ones that don’t

Way too much faith is put into non-competes.  They will keep the ex-employee (Ex) out of your firm’s clients if the Ex sees them as reasonable. 

Forget the law, the Ex has to see the non-compete as reasonable.  If the agreement feels too heavy, after 3 months or a year, the Ex will go after your accounts no matter what the [...]