Non-Disclosure and Non-Compete Agreement
I am an independent female minority small business contractor who signed a Non-Disclosure/Non-Compete agreement approximately one year ago in 2005 with an advertising agency. The original contract I had written stated my work was from April through June of 2005, but the client kept me on through March 2006. We did not prepare a new written contract for the extension as the services provided were different from the original agreement.
As I read the ND/NC agreement there is a paragraph that states "In the event that the provisions of this Section 2 should ever be deemed to exceed the time, geographic or occupational limitations permitted by the applicable laws, the vendor (that's me) and the Company agree that such provisions shall be and are reformed to the maximum time, geographic or occupational limitations permitted by the applicable laws."
My questions are, based on Texas law, what is the "maximum time" limit of a non-disclosure/non-compete agreement? Did my ND/NC agreement end June 2005 or March 2006? If the latter is the cas, is there a 6 month to one year Non-Compete imposed on me after March 2006? Thank you for your help.
Interpreting an agreement
If you want an interpretation of the language of your agreement, you're going to have to post the language or otherwise have it reviewed in person by a lawyer.
Non-Disclosure/Non-Compete
Well, here's something I forgot to include: The agency I signed my ND/NC with lost the account - they no longer have a contract with this government entity after March 2006.
So I was wondering, since the agency no longer has the contract with the government entity after March 2006, does that mean my ND/NC with this agency is no longer valid. No where in this ND/NC does it provide a defined expiration time for when the ND/NC ends/expires(i.e. a year, six months). It only states "Maximum Time Limit". What does that mean in regards to Texas law on contracts such as these?
And since the contract with the agency that had the account ends this month, does that mean I don't have to worry about contacting the new agency that now has the contract?
Non-Disclosure/Non-Compete
The ND/NC document is 3 pages long. I'd rather fax it.