employer claiming my side project IP — update in comments

Has anyone dealt with something like this? I'm not sure what my options are.

employer claiming my side project IP. I've been dealing with this for about 8 months now and the situation isn't improving.

This involves software/code I developed over the past 18 months. I do have documentation proving my ownership and timeline.

What's the typical outcome in situations like this?

I've dealt with this before.

I ended up having everything documented, which cost about $3-6 but saved me a lot more in teh long run.

Following this thread — bump -- also need to know this

Have you tried reaching out to your state's bar association? They sometimes have free resources or mediation services.

NAL, but from what I've read, you should document everything. That's the general rule anyway, exceptions exist.