noun
- a legal agreement or clause that prevents someone from soliciting clients, customers, or employees from their former employer
Usage: legal; business
Examples
- The employment contract included a nonsolicitation provision lasting two years.
- She violated the nonsolicitation agreement by recruiting her former colleagues.
- The company enforced strict nonsolicitation policies to protect client relationships.
- His nonsolicitation clause prevented him from contacting former customers for six months.
- The court upheld the nonsolicitation agreement as reasonable and enforceable.
- Many executives must sign nonsolicitation contracts before starting new positions.