Fair. Something that is common practice but not going to hold up in court are uhh quasi-legal. A problem is that if you are moving within an industry that enfo

Fair. Something that is common practice but not going to hold up in court are uhh quasi-legal. A problem is that if you are moving within an industry that enforces non-competes they all generally respect each others for fear of invalidating their own. They also tend to know the terms of each others contracts as well so you can't exactly bluff your way through. So your new prospective employer will not do anything that is seen as soliciting you to break the prior contract. Also at the low end it works especially well because you won't take the risk of court / having to hire a lawyer.