<i>In the linked article, the writer wasn&#x27;t fired because her old company sued her for competing, she was fired simply because the new company found out she had signed a non-compete and presumably wanted to avoid any potential lawsuit-related shenanigans.</i><p>Unfortunately, this isn&#x27;t quite accurate, as shown by the Q&amp;A at the end of the article.  Although her previous employer didn&#x27;t directly sue her, it essentially threatened to sue her.  Moreover, the way her new employer found out about her previous non-compete agreement was because her old employer specifically notified them and indicated that she had confidential information.  Her new company basically had no choice but to fire her.