If I’ve violated a business contract, what’s the worst that they can do to me?
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If I’ve violated a business contract, what’s the worst that they can do to me?
I work for a credit card processing company. They knowingly took advantage of my dire economics by offering to pay me a very small percentage of what the future income would be worth on one customer’s business. When a plan much better for the customer was made available elsewhere, I made the customer aware of it, in violation of both my original contract’s non-compete clause and also the provisions of their buyout. Now the CFO is threatening me with his lawyers, which is expected, and the police, which wasn’t. Any chance of the police issue being for real?
Asked on January 3, 2012 under Business Law, Ohio
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you violated the terms and conditions of your employment contract with your employer as you have written, it appears that at worst your employer could bring a legal action against you but in reality that most likely will not happen.
From a practical matter, you might end up getting terminated as to what transpired. If you get terminated, you might wish to speak with someone with the labor department about what happened or with a labor attorney.
As to a criminal action being filed against you for what you have written, it could happen, but most likely law enforcement and the district attorney's will deem the dispute an internal civil matter and not wish to get involved.
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