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"Post Employment Competition and Customer Solicitation"

A lawyer at Clark Wilson, a Vancouver, BC law firm, has written a paper entitled "Post Employment Competition and Customer Solicitation" (2001). The paper's Table of Contents sets out the following topics:

I. Restrictive Covenants

II. The Fiduciary Relationship

A. What is a fiduciary?

B. A Change of Direction

C. If a fiduciary relationship is established, is the fiduciary prohibited from any solicitation of customers?

D. Is there a cause of action against a new employer?

E. Does it matter whether the fiduciary employee was terminated or resigned?

F. Does the fiduciary obligation last indefinitely?

G. Can a former employee solicit other employees after his departure?

H. Remedies

I. What is the effect of delay?