STEP 01
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learn.schellip.com5-minute check · 12 questions
Find out if your restrictive covenants are quietly void.
Colorado voids most non-competes and many non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions — and presenting a void covenant carries a $5,000-per-worker penalty. This check maps where your agreements stand against current Colorado law before an employee, a regulator, or a buyer does.
How it works
Twelve questions. Five exposure areas. One plain-English readiness profile.
STEP 02
Answer 12 questions
Quick multiple-choice on what your agreements contain, how they're presented, and who they bind.
STEP 03
See your profile
A five-area exposure profile with color-coded zones and your highest-priority issues.
STEP 04
Get the summary
Your profile and prioritized actions render inline and are queued for email follow-up.
The five areas
Where Colorado quietly turns standard agreements into liabilities.
Most restrictive-covenant exposure isn't created on purpose. It accumulates when out-of-state templates, old handbooks, and standard-form clauses outrun a law that has tightened repeatedly since 2022.
A · Enforceability
Are your covenants even valid?
Colorado voids non-competes except in narrow cases. Most turn on the highly-compensated threshold ($130,014 in 2026) and a genuine trade-secret purpose — and the 2025 amendments narrowed the remaining exceptions further.
B · Notice & process
Was it presented the right way?
A covenant can be void on procedure alone: it must be a separate notice, delivered before a new hire accepts (or 14 days before it takes effect for current workers).
C · Confidentiality drafting
Is your NDA language too broad?
Overbroad 'all information' confidentiality clauses can be swept into the statute — creating penalty exposure even where you never intended to enforce a non-compete.
D · Trade-secret protection
What protects you if the covenant fails?
If the restriction is unenforceable, a documented trade-secret program — access controls, NDAs, exit protocols, an inventory — is what actually protects the business.
E · Multi-state exposure
One national template for everyone?
National templates often pick another state's law and venue. For Colorado workers, requiring enforcement outside Colorado is itself a problem.
What you receive
A profile your leadership team can act on.
- Exposure score across five areas, color-coded by risk level
- Your three highest-priority areas to review, ranked
- Plain-English explanation of what current Colorado law requires
- A summary delivered through the approved follow-up workflow
- Optional consultation with Jeff in two clicks
Jeff Schell
Managing Partner, Mountain West · Whiteford Taylor & Preston · Patent Attorney · AI Advisor
Jeff Schell is Managing Partner of Whiteford's Mountain West practice. A patent attorney, venture capitalist, and former two-time founder, he works at the intersection of intellectual property, AI risk, and venture growth — and connects Colorado companies into Whiteford's employment, trade-secret, and corporate teams.