Good News For Innovation: California Confirms That Noncompetes Are Unenforceable
from the phew dept
Last year, I outlined a bunch of research from the past few years that show how damaging noncompete agreements are to innovation. In fact, some of the research suggests that the single biggest factor in explaining why Silicon Valley became such a hub for tech innovation is the fact that noncompetes are unenforceable here. Studies comparing Silicon Valley to Boston and Michigan are quite convincing on the importance of allowing greater job mobility in order to promote more innovation. In fact, there's a vocal group in Massachusetts that has put a lot of effort into (finally) getting that state to ban noncompetes.Of course, it appeared that some were pushing in the opposite direction in California (at least via lawsuit). But the good news is that California's Supreme Court has now reiterated that noncompetes are unenforceable here. This is a huge victory for innovation in the Valley.
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Please oh please...
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I hate non-competition agreements.
My current employer required a non-competition agreement; I signed it because it restricts itself to the current region I live in. Once I finish school, I plan on moving anyway, so, I tolerate it for now.
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I wasn't say they had. I was saying that there's an effort underway in Mass to get them banned.
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Non Competes
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