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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by georgespencer on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @11:01AM (#12796960)
> Trade secrets, IP, secret sauce: covered by NDA and IP assignment agreements

> Client lists, contract terms, sales strategies, reported metrics, financials: covered by NDA and in some cases SEC regulations about insider trading.

This is largely unenforceable as I'm sure you're aware. The fact is that legally preventing someone from working at a competitor is simply the only effective way of deterring IP getting to a competitor.

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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by auntienomen on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:58PM (#12799357)
Exactly. It's the only verifiable option. That said, if your IP is so valuable that you want to prevent your employee from walking away with it, you'd better be prepared to pay them.
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