Audit employment agreements for unfair geographic non-competes, pre-invention IP seizure, and one-sided termination terms.
These common clauses routinely slip past non-lawyers and expose organizations to six-figure liabilities.
Restricting employment across entire industries or global geographies for years after departure.
Claiming ownership of software or creations developed on personal time with personal equipment.
Allowing the employer to withhold bonuses or equity vesting based on vague performance dissatisfaction.
Forcing employees into private arbitration while waiving class actions and shifting defense costs.
Excessive geographic and temporal non-compete scope combined with an overbroad invention assignment lacking personal project carveouts.
Narrow restriction to direct solicitation of active clients within 12 months, and add statutory carveouts for personal off-hours inventions.
Answers to legal and operational questions about risk detection and protection.
Many jurisdictions (such as California and FTC rules) have banned or severely curtailed non-competes. ContractGuard AI flags whether your clause exceeds standard reasonableness.
Only if your contract lacks a clean personal invention exclusion. You should always attach a "Schedule of Prior Inventions" to reserve your rights.
Standard packages range from 1 to 3 months of base pay per year of service, plus COBRA health coverage continuation.
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