OK, but that is what happens in real life! The way things are right now, employees will simply use their judgement to determine whether or not it is "safe" to

OK, but that is what happens in real life! The way things are right now, employees will simply use their judgement to determine whether or not it is "safe" to violate "the letter" of a non-compete clause in their contract. That usually works out just fine, until it doesn't :-( Hopefully the public shame of more stories like this will encourage more employers to think twice about draconian non-compete clauses.