Engineer A Post-Departure Clover City Solicitation Honesty Compliance
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Clover_City_Solicitation_Honesty_Compliance
Properties
Instance of
Post-EmploymentFormerEmployerClientCompetitiveSolicitationPermissibilityBoundaryObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Post-EmploymentFormerEmployerClientCompetitiveSolicitationPermissibilityBoundaryObligation
Case context
After approximately one year following departure from ABC, Engineer A began soliciting work from ABC's clients including Clover City; no no-compete agreement existed between Engineer A and ABC.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated, when soliciting Clover City and other ABC clients after one year, to conduct that solicitation honestly, without misrepresentation of ABC's capabilities, without exploitation of confidential information, and without disparagement of ABC — recognizing that the solicitation itself was permissible in the absence of a no-compete agreement but must be conducted within ethical bounds.
Temporal scope
From the point Engineer A commenced solicitation of ABC clients after the one-year period
Source Evidence
Source text
However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City.
Text references
However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City.
There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company.
TTL
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case178:Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Clover_City_Solicitation_Honesty_Compliance a proeth:Post-EmploymentFormerEmployerClientCompetitiveSolicitationPermissibilityBoundaryObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Post-Departure Clover City Solicitation Honesty Compliance" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case178:Post-Employment_Client_Solicitation_State_-_Engineer_A ;
proeth:casecontext "After approximately one year following departure from ABC, Engineer A began soliciting work from ABC's clients including Clover City; no no-compete agreement existed between Engineer A and ABC." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case178:Competitive_Employment_Freedom_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Solicitation,
case178:Free_and_Open_Competition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Solicitation_Permissibility ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Post-Employment Former Employer Client Competitive Solicitation Permissibility Boundary Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated, when soliciting Clover City and other ABC clients after one year, to conduct that solicitation honestly, without misrepresentation of ABC's capabilities, without exploitation of confidential information, and without disparagement of ABC — recognizing that the solicitation itself was permissible in the absence of a no-compete agreement but must be conducted within ethical bounds." ;
proeth:sourcetext "However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the point Engineer A commenced solicitation of ABC clients after the one-year period" ;
proeth:textreferences "However, after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City.",
"There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.012436"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:29:53.222093+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.012436
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction