I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED - PART-TIME - WITH THIS COMPANY FOR 3 YEARS. AN EX-CO-WORKER HAS BEEN OUT OF THE COMPANY FOR A YEAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO START OUR OWN E-NEWSLETTER SERVICE BUT FEAR THERE MAY BE SOME CONSEQUENCES. MY CURRENT EMPLOYER IS A CHIROPRACTOR AND I CREATE & SEND OUT A MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS TO OTHER CHIRPORACTORS WHO SUBSCRIBED TO OUR SERVICE.
THE CONTENT OF OUR NL IS NOT PRIVILEDGED OR SENSITIVE INFORMATION AS MY EMPLOYER CUTS & PASTES FROM SOURCES ON THE INTERNET. WE WOULD NOT BE COMPETING WITH HIS VERTICAL DIRECTLY (CHIROPRACTORS) AS OUR NEWSLETTER SERVICES WILL BE PERFORMED FOR DIFFERENT FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIANS. I NEVER SIGNED A NON-COMPETE LETTER AS DESIGNING AND CREATING NL'S IS MY PROFESSION. IN OTHER WORDS THERE ARE NO SECRETS OR SENSITIVE INFORMATION I WOULD BE USING OR PASSING ALONG. EVERYTHING MY CURRENT EMPLOYER USES CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET BY ANYONE. I COULD QUIT MY POSITION TODAY AND GET ANOTHER JOB AT A NEWSLETTER SERVICE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, AS LONG AS IT IS NOT IN THE SAME FIELD OF DOCTORS, CORRECT? WHAT POSSIBLE RISKS WOULD I/WE BE FACING SINCE I AM STILL WORKING FOR THE CHIROPRACTOR? IS THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST?