Non competition agreements are extremely hard to enforce anywhere and
are rare outside the U.S.
On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:26 PM, Joe Curry wrote:
> I guess that everyone is entitled to his opinion. Personally, I am
> pleased
> with the penalties that were levied. The only thing that I didn't
> particularly like was that the drivers points were unaffected.
>
> What I heard is that the drivers were guaranteed to keep their
> points in
> order to get them to cooperate with the investigation.
>
> But I wonder how this episode has left Alonzo in the eyes of
> McLaren. My
> guess is that he will be wearing different livery next year.
>
> I guess it all could be compared with employment in industries that
> have
> trade secret information at stake. Employees typically sign non-
> disclosure
> agreements and their contracts are always laced with clauses
> stipulating
> that they are prohibited from working for any competitor for at
> least a
> couple of years after leaving their current employer.
>
> Surely, these teams have similar commitments involved in their hiring
> practices.
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:fot-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gary
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:53 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Fot] Is There A Bigger Soap Opera?
>
> Hello:
>
> If any of you follow the Formula One "circus", then you're well
> aware of the
> current McLaren/Ferrari Affair...what a soap opera. The link below
> will
> take
> you to an excellent viewpoint by Gordan Kirby. Its worth a read.
>
> Gary
> 62 TR4 "The Flying Brick"
> 69 TR6
>
> http://www.gordonkirby.com/categories/columns/theway/2007/
> the_way_it_is_no92
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