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Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes by crusso on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:52AM (#16637962)
Kind of an interesting approach to it, I guess. I wonder how far you could take such a thing.

   * Could you initial every page but remove any pages you didn't like from a single contract?
   * Could you insert your own subtly edited version of their non-compete that you signed?
I'm wondering where the legal line is between the employer's need to do due diligence and the expectation that the employee isn't doing something to trick the employer into thinking that everyone agrees to the employment arrangement.
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Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes by lightbyte on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:58AM (#16637995)
Sounds like this [1] case where a man received a credit card offer in the mail, re-wrote some terms and sent it back, and the bank accepted it without reading it. He did win the initial lawsuit from the bank.

[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowin...

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Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes by meuk on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:32AM (#16638268)
I really respect that guy. From the linked article:

  "They signed the documents without looking. They said what usually their borrowers say in court: 'We have not read it',” said Mr Mikhalevich.
I am always pissed off at the stuff that companies get away with, just because they often have a dedicated team of lawyers and a big budget for this stuff.

  Oleg Tinkov, founder of the bank, tweeted: "Our lawyers think he is going to get not 24m, but really 4 years in prison for fraud. Now it's a matter of principle for @tcsbanktwitter."
Typical scare tactics, seems like they were trying to scare him into a settlement.
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Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes by jermaustin1 on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:51AM (#16638462)
He technically won a consolation prize (30% cash back debit card) on his counter suit after both parties withdrew their suits[1].

[1]https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/man-who-outwitted-bank-e...

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