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Hello all,

I am new to the forum. I have been listening to the podcast since a while, but never posted or got active in the forums before. I am an aspiring enterpreneur. I have a family to support and a day-job to go with it. In my free time (that is sometime between 10pm and 6am) I work on my ideas what I hope one day will come alive. Today however I got into an interesting situation. My employer decided to update the contracts and proprietary agreeements with us. I was wondering how could I find the best legal advice on what exactly is and should I sign it or request changes to it. Couldn`t think of a better place to ask this question. Would you know of a way to find somebody knowledgeable for it? Should I at all seek legal advice on it? My thinking is, yes. What do others think?

thanks in advance

From having read posts here in the past, I`d think having an attorney (and maybe an accountant) look over the new contract is a good idea. At issue becomes the definition of proprietary work. Since you`re about to go out with your own startup, you could end up in unforeseen conflict of interest problems.

Aren`t there employment attorneys? Seems to me there are...but you`d have to do a Google search.

Yes, that is exactly my thought, too. Thanks for confirming.
Attila

Thank you for your suggestions.  I will definitely look for a professional advice. For now I managed to not to sign anything, I left for vacation and did not return the contract before that, so I bought myself some time.
thanks