Non-Solicitation on Own The Leap

Ready Is Not the Same as Going

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The clearance arrived Tuesday.

Not permission. I know the difference and I keep saying so because I think I need to keep saying it. Legal clearance. The attorney’s opinion, not a guarantee, is that both contingent names fall outside what a court would likely interpret as solicitation under my agreement, provided I reach out after I have actually resigned. The missing exhibit cuts in my favor. I asked eight questions and got answers to seven. The ninth still does not have words.

The Email I Held for Thirty-One Hours

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The attorney meeting lasted 43 minutes. I had planned for an hour.

She went through the non-solicitation clause quickly. I found that efficient, and then noticed I was reading efficiency as reassurance, which is not quite the same thing. The missing exhibit, the Restricted Clients list referenced in my agreement but not attached to my copy, turns out to work somewhat in my favor: a clause that points to a list it doesn’t include is harder to enforce than it reads on the page. She recommended I request the exhibit from HR anyway. I wrote that down.

What I'm Actually Asking the Attorney

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I printed the employment agreement this morning. The copy I found in the guest room closet last week, eleven pages, originally printed on an HP inkjet I got rid of in 2021. It’s on my computer. I highlighted the clause on the PDF two weeks ago. I printed it again anyway.

Something about a legal document in your hand on a Sunday morning that is different from the same document on a screen. The screen version I’ve been reading for two weeks. The paper version I made coffee first.