NDAs are pretty much unenforceable. You have to be able to earn a living, and most judges will not rule the NDA enforceable unless you take proprietary secrets/methods to your new place.
My old boss successfully fought an NDA when he was, well, fired for some reason I do not remember. (He really was an A-hole, though.) He immediately got a job with a direct competitor and our company took him to court. I should add that our company had created a textile that was unique at the time and we held the patent on the manufacturing process for years. Good times. But all along there were others who were trying to develop their own versions of the textile, and my ex-boss got a job with one of them.
Upshot, the courts would not uphold the DNA because a person needs to be able to earn a living. Did “Jim” use his knowledge of the textile in his new job? You betcha! Now that textile is so ubiquitous, pretty much everyone reading this has at least one garment in the closet made of this textile.
NDAs are pretty much unenforceable. You have to be able to earn a living, and most judges will not rule the NDA enforceable unless you take proprietary secrets/methods to your new place.
My old boss successfully fought an NDA when he was, well, fired for some reason I do not remember. (He really was an A-hole, though.) He immediately got a job with a direct competitor and our company took him to court. I should add that our company had created a textile that was unique at the time and we held the patent on the manufacturing process for years. Good times. But all along there were others who were trying to develop their own versions of the textile, and my ex-boss got a job with one of them.
Upshot, the courts would not uphold the DNA because a person needs to be able to earn a living. Did “Jim” use his knowledge of the textile in his new job? You betcha! Now that textile is so ubiquitous, pretty much everyone reading this has at least one garment in the closet made of this textile.