Non-Compete Agreement
A Non-Compete Agreement can be used to prevent a party from exploiting a business' information to gain a competitive advantage. This Agreement is drafted to be executed as a deed.
Last updated October 21, 2025
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The Legal Risk Score of a Non-Compete Agreement Template is Medium
Our legal team have marked this document as low risk considering:
- The document allows for the extensive definition of confidential information, which could potentially impose a heavy burden on the party receiving the information to manage and protect a wide array of data types.
- The document lacks specific remedies or compensation for the receiving party in the event that the disclosing party's information is incomplete, incorrect, or leads to infringement issues, which places the risk of using the provided information entirely on the receiving party.
- The agreement stipulates that the receiving party cannot use the information for any purpose that could be seen as detrimental to the disclosing party, a broad and subjective term that could limit the receiving party's operational flexibility.
Overall, this document is constructed to heavily favor the party providing the information, with stringent protections and control over the use and disclosure of the information. Users familiar with such agreements might find this document relatively riskier for the receiving party, as it places substantial obligations and potential liabilities on them while offering minimal recourse if the provided information is flawed or leads to legal challenges.
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