Non-compete enforceability
California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Minnesota largely ban them. Most other states impose strict reasonableness tests on duration, geography, and scope.
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Most employment contracts are written by the company’s lawyers and skimmed by the candidate in a celebratory haze. We read every clause, flag what’s unusual or unenforceable in your state, and draft a professional pushback email you can send to your recruiter.
California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Minnesota largely ban them. Most other states impose strict reasonableness tests on duration, geography, and scope.
Pre-employment IP grabs are limited by state law (e.g., Cal. Lab. Code §2870). We flag clauses that try to claim your nights-and-weekends work.
A 90-day post-termination exercise window vs. extended PTE matters a lot. Cliff structure, double-trigger acceleration, and repurchase rights all matter.
What triggers severance, how much, paid over what period, with what restrictions. The difference between a generous package and a coercive one.
Class-action waivers, choice of forum, fee-shifting. Strikable in some states; quietly costly almost everywhere.
Overbroad definitions of "confidential" can capture knowledge you brought in or developed independently. We flag the boundaries.
Flagged clauses, statute citations, negotiation email.
Read it →MSA / SOW — IP, payment terms, indemnity, kill fees.
Read it →Deposit treatment, head-lease exposure, exits.
Read it →Discriminatory questions, illegal fees, refundability.
Read it →Run YOUR lease against your state's law. From $19.
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