I got threats from a former employer about a non compete. They wanted money as compensation, and said they'd sue me if I didn't comply within a week. I try to e

I got threats from a former employer about a non compete. They wanted money as compensation, and said they'd sue me if I didn't comply within a week. I try to engage them as adults, but they seemed to be unaware of how to deal with someone that was prepared: All their communication was amateurish at best, maybe hoping for me to admit guilt? Incompetence either way. So I decided to ignore them, and see what happened: I thought they either had no case, or that they couldn't claim real damages. As it happens, I never got sued, so I guess that they were bluffing, and just hoping for me to give them money, or that they talked to a real attorney, and that said attorney told them their chances of winning were too slim for what they could ever make.