12.1 Purpose & Scope. This Non-Circumvention and Non-Solicitation clause is a material condition of your access and is binding upon all Users, including Healthcare Professionals, Client Facilities, and any individual or entity introduced to Prosper Medical Staffing through the Website, its representatives, or its proprietary candidate and client network.
12.2 Non-Circumvention. For a period of one (1) year following your first access or receipt of any introduction through Prosper Medical Staffing, you shall NOT directly or indirectly: contact, engage, solicit, hire, retain, or enter into any business arrangement with any Healthcare Professional or candidate introduced to you by PMS except through PMS with written consent; contact, solicit, or enter into any staffing or service agreement with any Client Facility introduced by PMS except through PMS with written consent; replicate PMS's proprietary matching, placement, or recruitment processes using information obtained through the Website; use any confidential information, candidate data, or client lists to establish or operate a competing business; or assist any third party to do any of the foregoing.
12.3 Non-Solicitation of Candidates & Staff. During any engagement and for one (1) year thereafter, you shall NOT: solicit, recruit, or induce any Healthcare Professional, employee, or contractor of PMS to terminate their engagement with PMS; hire or engage any individual who was a Healthcare Professional placed by PMS within the previous twelve (12) months without going through PMS and paying applicable fees; or offer any PMS-introduced Healthcare Professional information about competing placement opportunities for the purpose of circumventing PMS.
12.4 Non-Solicitation of Clients. During any engagement and for one (1) year thereafter, Healthcare Professionals and third parties shall NOT: solicit or approach any Client Facility introduced by PMS for direct employment or independent contractor engagement that circumvents PMS; or accept direct engagement from any PMS-introduced Client Facility without prior written consent and payment of applicable placement or referral fees to PMS.
12.5 Liquidated Damages. In the event of any breach of Section 12, PMS shall be entitled to recover, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the greater of: (i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the total first-year compensation of the circumvented Healthcare Professional or vendor; (ii) the applicable placement fee per PMS's standard fee schedule; or (iii) Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) per violation — plus all costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in enforcement.
12.6 Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge any breach would cause PMS immediate and irreparable harm for which monetary damages are inadequate. PMS shall be entitled, without posting bond, to seek temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, and other equitable relief, in addition to all remedies at law.
12.7 Reasonableness. You acknowledge the duration, scope, and geographic reach of these restrictions are reasonable and necessary to protect PMS's legitimate business interests, proprietary candidate networks, client relationships, and goodwill. A court finding any provision unenforceable is authorized to modify it to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
12.8 Disclosure & Survival. You agree to promptly disclose any known circumvention attempt. Failure to disclose may itself constitute a breach. All obligations in this Section 12 survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for the periods specified herein.