[quote=spdrun]Aren’t non-competes essentially unenforceable in CA short of being an ex-partner in a firm? One can still sign one, then tell the ex-employer to go make sweet love to a pointy object if they object to your next job.
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We have a friend who’s been dealing with this very issue for about a year now (non-solicit). He’s had to pay many thousands of dollars in legal costs to defend himself, and doesn’t see any way to get that money back from his ex-employer. Even if it’s unenforceable, it can still be a headache for some employees.
Yes, most of these agreements are generally unenforceable in California (yay!), but are still legal in many/most other states.
