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Washington and Massachusetts (states with significant high-tech employee bases) are also very friendly to employers in enforcing non-competes. (IANAL)
by sib 11y ago
Washington and Massachusetts (states with significant high-tech employee bases) are also very friendly to employers in enforcing non-competes. (IANAL)
- ghaff 11y agoI've known any number of people in Massachusetts who have made the entirely rational decision to just hit the beach for a year rather than trying to deal with the potential consequences of a non-compete. And as someone who worked for a small company in an other state, we basically wouldn't even try to deal with a potential hire who might be covered by a non-compete--enforceable or not.
- robot22 11y agoI can't speak for Massachussetts, but in Washington state non-competes have to be narrowly tailored resulting in them being relatively hard to enforce.
- muP 11y agoDidn't Microsoft choose to sue Google in Washington, when Google hired Kai-Fu Lee? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/20/technology/microsoft-sues-over-googles-hiring-of-a-former-executive.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/20/technology/microsoft-sues-...
- lsllc 11y agoLooks like there are some new moves afoot to try once more to restrict or ban non-competes. Sadly there are many older, established tech companies in MA [with deep lobbying pockets] that oppose this. http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/06/23/tech-sector-to-revive-noncompete-debate/ http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/06/23/tech-sector-to-rev...