Ability to Compete Sample Clauses

Ability to Compete. Except as expressly stated in this Section XVI, each party acknowledges that the other may publish textbooks, test questions, or materials within the same or similar areas of general or specific interest as a Textbook published under this Agreement, and nothing in this Agreement shall inhibit a party from that practice. Each party understands that the other party is in the business of providing goods and services of many types, and it is not the intent of this Section XVI to unduly curtail the freedom of either party to conduct its business affairs, to enter into agreements with others, or to offer goods or services to its customers in accordance with its business judgment. This Section XVI is to be construed in a reasonable manner with the intent of protecting each party's right to carry on its own business while ensuring that each enjoys the benefits of its bargain under this Agreement.
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Ability to Compete. If a new position is created or the position is reclassified, all qualified employees may compete for that position, based on the qualifications established in the classification specification and approved by the Civil Service Board. Competition and placement in a new and/or revised classification shall be in accordance with applicable Civil Service Rules. The requirement to have employees compete may be waived for the benefit of the Department and employees. This exception is only applicable when an entire classification in an area, detail, section, bureau is affected by an audit. The decision to waive a competitive process is allowable as agreed by the parties without regard to Civil Service Rules.
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Ability to Compete. Releasor and Releasee agree that Releasor is free to work for, be affiliated with and/or to pursue employment with any company or entity of his choice including, but not limited to, any company or entity which competes in whole or in part with the business of HC Innovations, Inc., and/or Enhanced Care Initiatives, Inc. and/or any affiliate of either or both of these companies. The parties further agree that Releasor is not bound by any restrictive covenant limiting his ability to seek employment with, to work for, or to be associated in any way with a company or entity that competes in whole or in part with the business of HC Innovations, Inc. and/or Enhanced Care Initiatives, Inc. and/or any entity affiliated with either or both of these companies. The terms of this Paragraph 15 of the Agreement supersede any restrictive convenant, including but not limited, to any restrictive covenant contained in the Employment Agreement dated February 9, 2009.
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Ability to Compete. If a new position is created or the position is reclassified, all qualified employees may compete for that position, based on the qualifications established by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Civil Service Board in the classification specification. Competition and placement in a new and/or revised classification shall be in accordance with applicable Civil Service Rules.
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Related to Ability to Compete

  • Ability to Abandon CVR A Holder may at any time, at such Holder’s option, abandon all of such Holder’s remaining rights in a CVR by transferring such CVR to Parent without consideration therefor. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prohibit Parent from offering to acquire CVRs for consideration in its sole discretion.

  • Covenants Not to Compete No Initial Stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company is subject to any noncompetition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his ability to be an Initial Stockholder, employee, officer and/or director of the Company.

  • Ability to Service The Servicer is an approved seller/servicer of conventional residential mortgage loans for Xxxxxx Xxx or Xxxxxxx Mac, with the facilities, procedures and experienced personnel necessary for the sound servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer is in good standing to service mortgage loans for either Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac. The Servicer is a member in good standing of the MERS system;

  • Covenant Not to Compete Executive acknowledges that the Company ----------------------- would be substantially damaged by an association of Executive with a depository institution that competes for customers with the Company, the Bank and any subsidiaries of the Company or the Bank. Without the consent of the Company, Executive shall not at any time during the term of this Agreement or Executive's employment, and for a period of three years thereafter (regardless of the reason for termination), (a) solicit any person who was a customer of the Company or the Bank or any of their subsidiaries during the two year period prior to the termination of this Agreement or Executive's employment hereunder for Executive or any other person, to offer the same products or render the same services to such customer as were provided or proposed to be provided by the Company or the Bank or any of their subsidiaries to such customer as of the time of termination of Executive's employment, (b) directly or indirectly, on Executive's behalf or in the service or on the behalf of others, render or be retained to render similar services as described in Section 1 hereof, whether as an officer, partner, trustee, consultant, or employee for any depository institution, which has a banking office located within 25 miles of any office of the Bank or any banking office of the Company as of the date of Executive's termination of employment, provided, however, that Executive shall not be deemed to have breached this undertaking if his sole relationship with any other such entity consists of his holding, directly or indirectly, an equity interest in such entity not greater than three percent (3%) of such entity's outstanding equity interest, or (c) actively induce or solicit any employees of the Company or the Bank to leave such employ. For purposes of this Section 8, "person" shall include any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, firm, proprietorship, venture or other entity of any nature whatsoever.

  • Ability to Carry Out Obligations The execution and delivery of this Agreement by GeniSys and the performance by GeniSys of its obligations hereunder in the time and manner contemplated will not cause, constitute or conflict with or result in (a) any breach or violation of any of the provisions of or constitute a default under any license, indenture, mortgage, instrument, article of incorporation, bylaw, or other agreement or instrument to which GeniSys is a party, or by which it may be bound, nor will any consents or authorizations of any party other than those hereto be required, (b) an event that would permit any party to any agreement or instrument to terminate it or to accelerate the maturity of any indebtedness or other obligation of GeniSys, or (c) an event that would result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any asset of GeniSys.

  • Notice and Opportunity to Cure Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be a condition precedent to the Company’s right to terminate Executive’s employment for Cause and Executive’s right to terminate for Good Reason that (i) the party seeking termination shall first have given the other party written notice stating with specificity the reason for the termination (“breach”) and (ii) if such breach is susceptible of cure or remedy, a period of fifteen (15) days from and after the giving of such notice shall have elapsed without the breaching party having effectively cured or remedied such breach during such 15-day period, unless such breach cannot be cured or remedied within fifteen (15) days, in which case the period for remedy or cure shall be extended for a reasonable time (not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days) provided the breaching party has made and continues to make a diligent effort to effect such remedy or cure.

  • Agreement Not to Compete (a) None of Trident and Athens NA or any member of their respective Groups, on the one hand, and Fountain or any member of the Fountain Group, on the other hand, shall, for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date, establish or acquire any new businesses that involve the sale of products or the provision of services that (i) with respect to Trident or Athens NA or any member of their respective Groups, compete with the Fountain Business or (ii) with respect to Fountain or any member of the Fountain Group compete with the Trident Business or the Athens North American R/SB Business (“Competitive Activities”). (b) Notwithstanding Section 5.2(a), Trident, Athens NA and Fountain and any member of their respective Groups shall be permitted to continue to conduct their current Businesses and extensions thereof (including any sale of any product or service that otherwise incorporates or uses as a component any of the products that would otherwise constitute Competitive Activities); provided that, for purposes of this Section 5.2, the Trident Retained Business shall be deemed to exclude the Athens North American R/SB Business. (c) Notwithstanding Section 5.2(a), Trident, Athens NA and Fountain and any member of their respective Groups shall also be permitted to (I) acquire and own any interests in any publicly-traded Persons that engage in Competitive Activities so long as such interests constitute less than 5% of such Person’s voting securities, (II) acquire and own any interests in any Persons not publicly-traded that engage in Competitive Activities so long as such interests constitute less than 10% of such Person’s voting securities, (III) sell or divest any or all of its assets or businesses to any Person that is not an Affiliate, and such Person shall in no way be bound by the restrictions set forth in Section 5.2(a) and (IV) acquire and own any interests in any Persons that engage in Competitive Activities so long as the Competitive Activities of such Person constitute less than 25% of such Person’s consolidated annual net revenues for its most recently completed fiscal year (a “Permitted Acquiree”), and, in the case of clause (IV), each of Trident, Athens NA and Fountain and any member of their respective Groups, as applicable, uses its reasonable best efforts to dispose of the businesses of such Permitted Acquiree in Competitive Activities within twelve (12) months from the closing of such acquisition; provided that such twelve (12) month period shall be extended in the event that a definitive agreement to dispose of such business within such twelve (12) month period has been entered into (x) for three (3) months, to permit the closing of such transaction or (y) for a reasonable period of time, in the event such definitive agreement is terminated as a result of the failure of a closing condition, the failure to obtain antitrust or other regulatory clearance or a breach by the other party to the agreement, to permit Trident, Athens NA or Fountain or such member of their respective Groups, as applicable to seek an alternative disposition transaction.

  • Opportunity to Cure The COUNTY may, at its sole discretion, provide the AGENCY with a Notice to Cure a breach of this Contract. If the AGENCY fails to cure the breach to the COUNTY’S satisfaction within the time provided in the Notice to Cure, the COUNTY may terminate this Contract for cause.

  • Covenant Not to Compete or Solicit (a) The Executive recognizes that the services to be performed by him hereunder are special, unique and extraordinary. The parties confirm that it is reasonably necessary for the protection of the Corporation that the Executive agree, and accordingly, the Executive does hereby agree, that he shall not, directly or indirectly, at any time during the "Restricted Period" within the "Restricted Area" (as those terms are defined in Section 9(e) below): (i) except as provided in Subsection (c) below, engage in any line of business in which the Corporation was engaged or had a formal plan to enter during the period of Executive's employment with the Corporation, including but not limited to the business of operating an online insurance marketplace, either on his own behalf or as an officer, director, stockholder, partner, consultant, associate, employee, owner, agent, creditor, independent contractor, or co-venturer of any third party; or (ii) solicit to employ or engage, for or on behalf of himself or any third party, any employee or agent of the Corporation. (b) The Executive hereby agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of himself or any third party, at any time during the Term and during the Restricted Period solicit any customers of the Corporation with respect to products competitive with products then being sold by the Corporation. (c) If any of the restrictions contained in this Section 9 shall be deemed to be unenforceable by reason of the extent, duration or geographical scope thereof, or otherwise, then the court making such determination shall have the right to reduce such extent, duration, geographical scope, or other provisions hereof, and in its reduced form this Section shall then be enforceable in the manner contemplated hereby. (d) This Section 9 shall not be construed to prevent the Executive from owning, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate, an amount not exceeding five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting securities of any class of any corporation whose voting capital stock is traded or listed on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. (e) The term "RESTRICTED PERIOD," as used in this Section 9, shall mean the period of the Executive's actual employment hereunder, plus twelve (12) months after the date the Executive is actually no longer employed by the Corporation. The term "RESTRICTED AREA" as used in this Section 9 shall mean the continental United States.

  • Exceptions to Confidentiality The Receiving Party’s obligations set forth in this Agreement shall not extend to any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party: (a) that is or hereafter becomes part of the public domain (other than as a result of a disclosure by the Receiving Party or its Recipients in violation of this Agreement); (b) that is received from a Third Party without restriction on disclosure and without, to the knowledge of the Receiving Party, breach of any agreement between such Third Party and the Disclosing Party; (c) that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by competent evidence was already in its possession without any limitation on disclosure prior to its receipt from the Disclosing Party; (d) that is generally made available to Third Parties by the Disclosing Party without restriction on disclosure; or (e) that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by competent evidence was independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of or reference to the Confidential Information.