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  If THQ can offer them more money/more responsibilities what's the big deal? Shouldn't it be in the Ubiso... : melkore
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    It's known as tortious interference. A person/company cannot knowingly and intentionally interfere in an... : Ardrid
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      Only if they go to work before the signed time period is up. In the case of the above mentioned, once th... : DragonSire
      • It might count though if you suggest to the competing company who else you should offer jobs to. : Lucy Labia
    • Yeah, when Foxnews took me from Hostway, contracts between the two had to be completely rewritten to incl... : foo
  • I think the deal is these guys have a contract that says that they get a bunch of money in the form of bo... : Lucy Labia
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  So wait... they aren't allowed to offer a better paid job to employees of another company? Isn't that alm... : human_error
  • I don't know what employment law in Quebec is like, or their contracts (and legality of the contracts), b... : the archvile
• Honestly, I don't understand how THQ is to blame. I think this is the employees' fault for infringing on ... : pyrogen
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  Welcome to the current game industry! Pretty amazing how many new Canadian game companies are springing ... : Batmanshack
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    That and you have all kind of grants and funding provided by the government ranging from small projects l... : singlespace
    • very cool... : Batmanshack
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      That's $226 million over the course of ten years. : XAVdeMATOS
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        and i'm pretty sure it wasn't a grant, but in the form of tax breaks : synapse19
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          That's still $22.6 million per year Ubisoft doesn't have to pay. : Memphis-Ahn
          • i guess the better option is to have them not open the studio at all. : synapse19
• This is like watching two special ed kids fight. : cetra00
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  I feel that intellectual rights should be protected, but that a person's skills and talents should be abl... : DragonSire
  • Hey.. maybe you are playing Assassins Creed 2571 right now. DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? : humbleone
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  That's the free market. Don't like it? Fuck off back to mother russia you goddamn commie fucks. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Capitalism only goes one way. Usually the one with the largest amount of cash. : Memphis-Ahn
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      http://thedivinemachine.com/wp-content/uploads/socialism_vs_capitalism.jpg : riptyde
      • it really does seem that simple at times : Downforce
      • Lol! +1 : ReckHavoc
      • Thats great! : Discrete
• a pay bump of 60%? yeah I wouldn't feel like hanging around too long either : MikkleThePickle
• Yeah, this is pretty much bullshit. : Fred Garvin
• That's sad. : Dr_Cube
• Welcome to a world where judges are no better than hired mercenaries. Whoever pays the most get the verd... : DragonSire
• they pulled the same shit when EA Montreal opened up too : deKaf
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  what the fuck? That is weird. Now the guys who might want better pay and responsibility can't move to a c... : moshman
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    This is why I'll never sign a non-compete. : dravalen
    • Even if they paid you 1.3 million? : Lucy Labia
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  Actually, this is pretty simple. The problem is with a "non-solicitation" clause, not the non-compete. Th... : terath
  • http://www.toronto-employmentlawyer.com/law-advice/non-solicitation-agreement.php : terath
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  This is normal and healthy business practices. It happens in almost every industry. If someone offer's me... : Sgtfraser
  • You're stating the obvious and missing the facts. : moshman
  • and it's also why non-compete clauses were invented : Downforce
• So I wonder when Killer's Mantra: Sisterhood will be announced by THQ. Perhaps Wraith Recon, Splinter Gr... : HisDivineOrder