Common use of Restriction on Employee Solicitation and Hiring Clause in Contracts

Restriction on Employee Solicitation and Hiring. Following the transfer of the Facet Employees from PDL to Facet pursuant to this Agreement, none of PDL or Facet or their respective Subsidiaries from the Distribution Date through and including the one (1) year anniversary of the Distribution Date, without prior written consent of the applicable Party, may solicit, aid, encourage or induce any employee to terminate or breach an employment, contractual or other relationship with the other Party (or its Affiliates), hire or otherwise employ any employee of the other Party; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.1 shall be deemed to prohibit any hiring resulting from a general solicitation for employment through advertisements and search firms not specifically directed at employees of such other applicable Party; provided, further, that the applicable Party has not encouraged or advised such firm to approach any such employee.