“On June 22, 2010, O’Keefe entered into the Employment Agreement with Plaintiffs, with the operative version being the Employment Agreement as amended on September 20, 2022, which O’Keefe and Project Veritas signed on September 30, 2022,” the suit states. “As part of the Employment Agreement, O’Keefe agreed to certain terms and conditions, both during and after the term of his employment. In Paragraph 1(B) of the Employment Agreement, O’Keefe agreed that he, identified as ‘Employee’ thereunder, ‘shall devote Employee’s full working time and attention
and best efforts to the performance of Employee’s job’.”
They fired him. He's not an employee. This lawsuit is one of those attempts of the big guy to bully the one with less funds. Surely it's illegal to ask someone to never work again when you fire them? This isn't even an agreement not to work for others. This is a frivolous lawsuit.
The most charitable interpretation I can think of is that he signed some form of non-compete. they're very prevalent in the tech industry where companies get employees to agree to not work for a competing organization for x amount of time after their employment ends. It's a very shitty practice, but I would be very surprised if O'Keefe himself signed one of these given how much power he had over Veritas during its inception.
They fired him. He's not an employee. This lawsuit is one of those attempts of the big guy to bully the one with less funds. Surely it's illegal to ask someone to never work again when you fire them? This isn't even an agreement not to work for others. This is a frivolous lawsuit.
The most charitable interpretation I can think of is that he signed some form of non-compete. they're very prevalent in the tech industry where companies get employees to agree to not work for a competing organization for x amount of time after their employment ends. It's a very shitty practice, but I would be very surprised if O'Keefe himself signed one of these given how much power he had over Veritas during its inception.
I thought of that, but that's not what they sued for.