OK, but that is what happens in real life!<p>The way things are right now, employees will simply use their judgement to determine whether or not it is &quot;safe&quot; to violate &quot;the letter&quot; of a non-compete clause in their contract.<p>That usually works out just fine, until it doesn&#x27;t :-(<p>Hopefully the public shame of more stories like this will encourage more employers to think twice about draconian non-compete clauses.