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Nevada and Washington also have similar laws. In CA, non competes are also unenforceable, unlike washington for example.


Do you have an examples of a non compete being enforced?



Thanks for the link. That is literally insane. Modern day slavery. There is no logical basis for stopping someone from being in sales up to a year after leaving their previous company. Research is about the only area such a thing would make sense, and even then the restriction should just be on company secrets.

Yet another reason I will never work in the United Corporations of America again.




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