marz posted:how will CC know if we switch to Columbia? Obviously Dr shen will know .........but will he refuse to see us?
Good question. I have been involved in some litigation involving non competes in other industries and the short and simple answer is “loose lips sink ships.” Lack of discretion. People in the industry talk, it gets back to administrators and then we attorneys get involved. For these reasons, and again I am guessing, if Shen retained an employment attorney he was probably counseled on these issues and the consequences of violating the noncompete. As noted previously, he was probably offered significant enough money by NY Presbyterian that the discouragement of the non compete to take his services elsewhere was overcome. Shen has a right to work for whomever he wants, and he is not required to stay at a job that maybe he didn’t like. Non-compete clauses of employment contracts contemplate these possibilities.