Agreed with the other comments. NCA are very specific to the exact wording of the ENTIRE document and the very specific laws of the state involved. Any contract law issue (which this is) always involves taking the document(s) to a local contract law attorney who needs to read the document in it's entirety. I can say that most non-disclosure agreements (NDA) are legal and most NCA are problematic. Not necessarily illegal but there is such a fine line between a legal and not legal or not enforceable NCA that is really is "see an attorney" territory, even more so then most contracts. It is not uncommon to have different court decisions in the same jurisdiction apparently coming to opposite conclusions with similar facts. Any smart employer writes very tight, limited NCA. There is no certainty that these will be upheld by the court but loose, vague agreements are asking for trouble.

