Update to California Law Outlawing Noncompetes
For companies with employees in California, it has long been accepted practice that noncompeteprovisions in employment agreements are unenforceable. California courts have ruled that suchprovisions are invalid under California’s general prohibition against restraints of trade (Ca. Bus. andProf. Code Sec. 16600). California has now adopted a law that codifies this general understanding andgoes two steps […]