Noncompete agreement from a PM

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Author Message Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 462 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 01:17 pm:    This is a first for me. An architect PM who has a new project and will need spec consulting has sent me a noncompete agreement for signatures before giving the details of the project, presumably so I do not try to steal the whole project from them, not that I would as a spec consultant anyway, but they send this to all their consultants. Here is the strange part though: It was worded so that I would be signing over all rights to MY CLIENT LIST and MY proprietary info to THEM instead of vice versa. I mentioned this yesterday and they said it was a typo. I still wonder what else might be amiss here. So to my spec consultant friends, if you also are approachef with this type of agreement, read it carefully (of course), and let me know if you see this same kind of “typo” or perhaps dummy contract! Any thoughts? Have you seen something like this before? Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 463 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 01:19 pm:    They said it was a fill-in-blank that was filled in wrong. Makes no sense, because if I were them and writing such an agreement template, why would I use a blank for my own firm there and have to fill it in over and over for all the consultants on every project? I would fix that right away to save the work of continually filling that in. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 452 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 01:32 pm:    Many people do not read the contracts they prepare. That's why they need spec writers and attorneys. Two types of agreement that causes me the most grief: 1. Non-Disclosure Agreements that want me to give the other party rights to everything I know, learn, or create. 2. Author agreements where the publisher wants me to indemnify them against liable. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 464 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 04:36 pm:    Update: It seems to be a legit project. Like you said, Michael, they probably just had not read their own agreement very closely. We got that part fixed up, & they said they were glad for me to be helping them! Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 616 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2019 - 12:21 pm:    Hmmm ... Chris, if they are that sloppy with their in-house contracts, what are their documents like?