Uh, so how many Chileans did he order killed? I keep forgetting.
Le Duc Tho, Now there's a person who fits the bill as a war criminal. Aided in the waging of war against a neighboring nation, allowed torture, rape, wrongful imprisonment, terrorism, slavery, mistreatment of POWs...
Please, Repair it yourself! after your company disappears in a flash of electrical arcs and lawsuits, some other company will take over your companys' business.
( yes, it's sarcasm )
I've done various types of Electrical work, Privatly and professionally, but I _never_ would touch a distribution panel in such a sorry state. Every piece of Electrical equipment in your building is at risk, if a short does happen everything - form the coffee maker to the Storage Array you administer might be toasted.
No matter the cost, the bean counters will immediatly understand the need to re-wire the panel, The damage being risked is immensely greater than the cost of the repair.
One of the "standard" reasons for voiding a contract ( or a clause in a contract ) is if the contract violates existing Law - or "Public Policy", whatever that means.
Since it is "Public Policy" that unemployed people should get employed as quickly as possible, NCA clauses conflict with this public policy. From the article, it's clear that the California Labor agency has a rule allowing an "out" if a NCA gets in the way, but I'd bet that if the matter came in front of a judge, He'd toss the NCA as being an 'impediment' to Employment, and so is "contrary to Public Policy".
Out the door it goes, to Volt's chagrin....
At the least, the NCA would be modified to allow "We found you" arrangements - such as this guy's case; while preventing someone from merrily skipping to a compeditor - in this case, Excell.
There was no possibility of large-scale parking in downtown fort Worth, so the Tandy Brothers bought a large chunk of the nearby Trinity River's bank as a parking lot. The subway line connected their store with the lot, making the subway the main link between the largest parking area and Downtown. Since most of Downtown fort Worth in on the bluffs overlooking the river, the subway covered about a mile and a half, and a 400 foot change in elevation. Walking the distance was possible - but very uncomfortable, especialy in the summer heat.
In the 1960's the Leonard's Department store was one of the largest and busiest stores in Fort Worth;it catered to the blue-collar population of the area - all the small farmers, ranchers, stockmen, construction workers, and everyone else on a tight budget.
For downtown workers, the subway way a blessing, they parked in the Leonard's lot, rode the subway in, and walked to work; the Leonards had a constant stream of customers everyday who would always need to buy something as they headed home; the Leonards added a grocery store ( more of a large convienence store with bread, milk, and packaged items ) to serve the downtown employees.
Since this involves the US Bankruptcy Courts, the Judge there gets final say-so. Bankruptcy Judges intend to either:
Totally liquidate the company and distribute as much money as possible to the Creditors
or
Create a new company that can survive - to keep paying taxes, the Legal Fees, the Accountants, etc.
To that end, A Judge can accept or reject all types of third party claims - Like the one MS is presenting. If Microsoft prevails, the cash the Division would have to send MS would be a burden to the new company ( or whoever is buying the Unit ), so that's a ( to the Court ) Bad Idea. That $$$ could be used to Pay a Lawyer, Accountant, Back Taxes, or Court Fees.
The Court can declare that one of the assets of the Division is a partial share of the Existing MS License, which gets chopped off and handed to the Division - Part and Parcel of the other "intangible" assets the division gets from K-Mart. The Division gets a license _from the Court_ to keep using the software, and MS gets told to shut up and smile.
Or, the Court may say, refund K-Mart a pro-rata share of the money that represents the copies that are being xfered to the Division, So the Division can then buy a new site license.
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Uh, so how many Chileans did he order killed? I keep forgetting.
Le Duc Tho, Now there's a person who fits the bill as a war criminal. Aided in the waging of war against a neighboring nation, allowed torture, rape, wrongful imprisonment, terrorism, slavery, mistreatment of POWs...
Please, Repair it yourself! after your company disappears in a flash of electrical arcs and lawsuits, some other company will take over your companys' business.
( yes, it's sarcasm )
I've done various types of Electrical work, Privatly and professionally, but I _never_ would touch a distribution panel in such a sorry state. Every piece of Electrical equipment in your building is at risk, if a short does happen everything - form the coffee maker to the Storage Array you administer might be toasted.
No matter the cost, the bean counters will immediatly understand the need to re-wire the panel, The damage being risked is immensely greater than the cost of the repair.
One of the "standard" reasons for voiding a contract ( or a clause in a contract ) is if the contract violates existing Law - or "Public Policy", whatever that means.
Since it is "Public Policy" that unemployed people should get employed as quickly as possible, NCA clauses conflict with this public policy. From the article, it's clear that the California Labor agency has a rule allowing an "out" if a NCA gets in the way, but I'd bet that if the matter came in front of a judge, He'd toss the NCA as being an 'impediment' to Employment, and so is "contrary to Public Policy".
Out the door it goes, to Volt's chagrin....
At the least, the NCA would be modified to allow "We found you" arrangements - such as this guy's case; while preventing someone from merrily skipping to a compeditor - in this case, Excell.
Yep, That's the one.
There was no possibility of large-scale parking in downtown fort Worth, so the Tandy Brothers bought a large chunk of the nearby Trinity River's bank as a parking lot. The subway line connected their store with the lot, making the subway the main link between the largest parking area and Downtown. Since most of Downtown fort Worth in on the bluffs overlooking the river, the subway covered about a mile and a half, and a 400 foot change in elevation. Walking the distance was possible - but very uncomfortable, especialy in the summer heat.
In the 1960's the Leonard's Department store was one of the largest and busiest stores in Fort Worth;it catered to the blue-collar population of the area - all the small farmers, ranchers, stockmen, construction workers, and everyone else on a tight budget.
For downtown workers, the subway way a blessing, they parked in the Leonard's lot, rode the subway in, and walked to work; the Leonards had a constant stream of customers everyday who would always need to buy something as they headed home; the Leonards added a grocery store ( more of a large convienence store with bread, milk, and packaged items ) to serve the downtown employees.
It was unique, it was amazing, - an it is missed.
Since this involves the US Bankruptcy Courts, the Judge there gets final say-so. Bankruptcy Judges intend to either:
Totally liquidate the company and distribute as much money as possible to the Creditors
or
Create a new company that can survive - to keep paying taxes, the Legal Fees, the Accountants, etc.
To that end, A Judge can accept or reject all types of third party claims - Like the one MS is presenting. If Microsoft prevails, the cash the Division would have to send MS would be a burden to the new company ( or whoever is buying the Unit ), so that's a ( to the Court ) Bad Idea. That $$$ could be used to Pay a Lawyer, Accountant, Back Taxes, or Court Fees.
The Court can declare that one of the assets of the Division is a partial share of the Existing MS License, which gets chopped off and handed to the Division - Part and Parcel of the other "intangible" assets the division gets from K-Mart. The Division gets a license _from the Court_ to keep using the software, and MS gets told to shut up and smile.
Or, the Court may say, refund K-Mart a pro-rata share of the money that represents the copies that are being xfered to the Division, So the Division can then buy a new site license.
MS won't like this.
The Bankruptcy Judge won't care.