Absolutely. Several of my colleagues and friends have run into non-compete issues moving from big companies to other big companies. One high profile case was M

Absolutely. Several of my colleagues and friends have run into non-compete issues moving from big companies to other big companies. One high profile case was Mark Papermaster's move from IBM to Apple: http://fortune.com/2009/01/27/ibm-settles-papermaster-to-join-apple-in-april/ http://fortune.com/2009/01/27/ibm-settles-papermaster-to-joi...