noncompetition
No rival clause
Noncompetition refers to agreements or clauses that restrict someone from competing against a former employer or business partner.
A noncompetition agreement or noncompetition clause typically prevents employees from working for competitors or starting rival businesses for a specified period after leaving: She couldn't take the job because of a noncompetition clause in her contract.
Also appears as non-competition.
Work contract limitation
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- employmentPaid occupation status
confidentiality · proprietary · enforceability · duration · limitation · breach · injunction · resignation
Authoritative legal ban
- limitationBound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
curtailment · prevention · hindrance · exclusivity · embargo · moratorium · suppression · deterrence
Against corporate market dominance
- litigationLegal dispute process
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- damagesCompensation for injury
remedy · settlement · doctrine · jurisprudence · compliance · regulation · fiduciary · overbroad
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
startup · entrepreneurship · franchise · divestiture · industry
noncompete
Work contract limitation
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
employment · confidentiality · proprietary · enforceability · duration · limitation · breach · injunction · resignation · termination
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- limitationBound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
impediment · curtailment · prevention · hindrance · exclusivity · embargo · moratorium · suppression · deterrence · restraint
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- litigationLegal dispute process
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
damages · remedy · settlement · doctrine · jurisprudence · compliance · regulation · fiduciary · overbroad · unconscionable
merger
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- corporationLegally separate business entity
enterprise · startup · entrepreneurship · franchise · divestiture · industry
noncompetitioncompetition
Struggle for supremacy
compete · rivalry · competing · competitive · contest
noncompetitionfree agency
Athlete unbound by contract
labor mobility · right to work · professional autonomy · at-will employment · portability