My question involves business law in the state of:GA
We are a Small Business firm incorporated in the State of GA, offering Information Technology Staffing services to Clients in both Public and Private Sector. We would like to clarify some details that needs immediate attention involving one of our sub-contractor / supplier.
We have engaged Consultant who has his own firm based in the State of WI and as a supplier he has signed a Agreement with our firm that has a Non-Compete clause as mentioned below:
"The Supplier agrees not to compete with our firm in providing staffing or services in any capacity (either directly or indirectly) to Client for a period of one (1) year from the date of introduction or one (1) year from the last day of services provided, whichever is later. During this period, the Supplier will not directly or indirectly, or in any capacity, compete or attempt to compete with our firm to provide services to the Client."
He has been working under our contract for 18 months and now before the completion date of our contract, the opportunity for an extension was released by the Client. While being on our contract, he chose to represent another firm (our competitor) and let them submit his profile to our Client thus violating our agreement terms.
Next week, one of his invoices is due for payment. As he and his firm has violated the current contract agreement terms, can we put a hold on the payment, until this issue is resolved? Kindly let me know.

