Hello, I am a business owner in Irvine, California. I signed an Independent Contractor agreement three years ago with a firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. I heard a recent law passed in the last few weeks with regard to the Non Compete clause whereby not only in California but now also Nationwide […]

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I was working for a client through company A but since company A was paying me very less , I transferred my H1-B to company B but remained with the same client through company B. I have a clause in the agrrement which says that I cannot join any of the clients directly or indirectly […]

if i signed a none compete and the other person signing is not the president of the company and there was no written authorization for them to do so. Is that document binding.

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