Common use of Noncompetition Agreement Clause in Contracts

Noncompetition Agreement. 1. Employee acknowledges that in Employee's employment hereunder, Employee will have continual contacts with the groups, members, and providers who are covered by or associated with the managed health care programs offered by Employer or its subsidiaries in Nevada and other states. In all of Employee's activities, Employee, through the nature of Employee's work, will have access to and will acquire confidential information related to the business and operations of Employer and its subsidiaries, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, member and group lists, and confidential information relating to processes, plans, methods of doing business and special needs of doctors, hospitals, members, groups, pharmacies, or other health care providers who contract with Employer or its subsidiaries. Employee acknowledges that all such information is the property of Employer or its subsidiaries solely and constitutes confidential information of such parties; that the disclosure thereof would cause substantial loss to the goodwill of Employer and its subsidiaries; that disclosure thereof to Employee is being made only because of the position of trust and confidence which Employee will occupy and because of Employee's agreement to the restrictions herein contained; that his knowledge of these matters would enable him, on termination of this Agreement, to compete with Employer or its subsidiaries in a manner likely to cause Employer and its subsidiaries irreparable harm, and disclosure of such matters would, likewise, cause such harm; and that the restrictions imposed upon Employee herein would not prohibit Employee in earning a living.