If the a--or especially THE--principal place of business of your wife's LLC will be within the restriction, she will likely be violating the terms of her non-competition agreement, even if her clie

There are no ways to protect ideas as a general matter:

1) You cannot patent an idea; what you can patent is a technique or process. So, for example, say you come up with new software

You can always consult with an attorney about interference with your business relations.  Absent a specific non compete agreement and absent any trademark infringement, or copyright infringeme

Registering copyright is not the same thing as having copyright. The creator of an original work has copyright by the very act of creaton; i.e. just be writing, photographing, illustrating, etc., y

Commercial lending such as the one you are in are usually not regulated by any particular agency per se but may be covered under criminal fraud or general consumer protection lingo (like "unfair an