Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer

R · Role Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#Engineer_A_Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_Departing_Engineer
Definition

Engineer A established his own firm and voluntarily refrained from soliciting ABC's clients (including Clover City) for approximately six months to one year, then began soliciting them after the self-imposed period elapsed, with no formal non-compete agreement in place.

Properties
Instance of
VoluntaryNon-SolicitationPeriodEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VoluntaryNon-SolicitationPeriodEngineer
Attributes
voluntary_restraint_periodapproximately 6 months to 1 year
formal_non_competeFalse
clients_solicited_after_period['Clover City', 'other ABC clients']
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Relationships
typecompetes_with
targetABC Engineering Company
typeformer_employer
targetABC Engineering Company
typesolicits_client
targetClover City
Role category
employer_relationship
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time

Text references
Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time
There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company
after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City
TTL
@prefix case178: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case178:Engineer_A_Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_Departing_Engineer a proeth:VoluntaryNon-SolicitationPeriodEngineer, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer" ; proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case178:At-Will_Employment_Symmetry_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Departure_Right, case178:Competitive_Employment_Freedom_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Solicitation, case178:Free_and_Open_Competition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Solicitation_Permissibility, case178:Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_Applied_to_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report, case178:Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Six-Month_Restraint, case178:Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_Demonstrated_by_Engineer_A ; proeth-core:hasObligation case178:Engineer_A_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report_Proprietary_Content_Non-Exploitation, case178:Engineer_A_Departing_Solicitation_Honesty_Non-Disparagement_of_ABC, case178:Engineer_A_Post-Departure_Clover_City_Solicitation_Honesty_Compliance, case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_ABC_Report_Confidentiality_Perpetuation, case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Confidential_Information_Non-Use_ABC_Water_Treatment_Report, case178:Engineer_A_Post-Employment_Solicitation_Permissibility_After_Voluntary_Period, case178:Engineer_A_Voluntary_Non-Solicitation_Period_One_Year_Compliance, case178:Engineer_A_Voluntary_Six-Month_Non-Solicitation_Period_Compliance ; proeth:attributes "{'voluntary_restraint_period': 'approximately 6 months to 1 year', 'formal_non_compete': False, 'clients_solicited_after_period': ['Clover City', 'other ABC clients']}" ; proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer A established his own firm and voluntarily refrained from soliciting ABC's clients (including Clover City) for approximately six months to one year, then began soliciting them after the self-imposed period elapsed, with no formal non-compete agreement in place." ; proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ; proeth:confidence "0.87" ; proeth:discoveredincase "178" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:22:10.039470+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:22:10.039470+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:relationships "{'type': 'competes_with', 'target': 'ABC Engineering Company'}", "{'type': 'former_employer', 'target': 'ABC Engineering Company'}", "{'type': 'solicits_client', 'target': 'Clover City'}" ; proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ; proeth:roleclass "Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Engineer" ; proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City without soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City for a period of time", "There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company", "after a year has passed, Engineer A begins soliciting work from ABC's clients, including Clover City" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.003790"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:27
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:22:10.039470+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:22:10.039470+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.003790
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction