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Most consultancies defend themselves from this sort of behaviour in two directions. Firstly there'll be clauses in the consulting contract stating that the clie
by jon-wood 6y ago
Most consultancies defend themselves from this sort of behaviour in two directions. Firstly there'll be clauses in the consulting contract stating that the client can't hire anyone who's worked on their project for [n] months after completion (sometimes with the caveat that they can, but there'll be a recruitment fee due to the consultancy). Secondly employees of the consultancy will have non-compete clauses in their employment contracts stating much the same thing.
The interesting bit here is if Star Theory are going out of business then any contracts will presumably become void because one of the signatories has ceased to exist.
- e_y_ 6y agoCompanies closing their doors doesn't necessarily mean ceasing to exist. Sometimes it ends up in a holding company with one person (a lawyer) to close up any loose ends and liquidate assets. Although in Star Theory's case, their development contract was coming to an end, so it's possible it had already expired at that point. And the contract may have also had certain required metrics like development progress and financial health that would lead to it being terminated in cases where the company was effectively defunct.