Non-Compete Agreements and Physical Business Location Closure or Sale

[nolegalese]

My question involves business law in the state of: Arizona.

I currently am employed by a health care organization. I have a non-compete clause in my contract. Currently, the contract says nothing with regards to office closure. All the tenets of the contract are tied to the one office location at which I am employed, and not to the parent organization, which has multiple offices in the city. The contract does have a provision for the sale of the office, contents and files. If the office closes and is not doing business for any period of time, and I am effectively laid-off, would that alter the terms of my non-compete clause? What if a sale were to occur after the fact? (The office space is defunct and the files are in storage) Would the provisions of the non-compete agreement still be enforceable?

[cbg]

Not having read your non-compete agreement, I can't say. When you showed it to an Arizona attorney, what did he tell you?

[nolegalese]

His expertise is not in that area, and his brief review does not show any precedents for this particular situation...I have another meeting tomorrow. Thanks for your input.

[cbg]

It would be unusual for a non-compete to survive the existence of a company, but it is not unheard of. There is not a law that guarantees any particular result; it will be based on the exact wording of this particular agreement.