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I work in California and hired a lawyer to nullify a non-compete clause. The company backed off when my lawyer cited case law that basically says if a company
by FrankenPC 11y ago
I work in California and hired a lawyer to nullify a non-compete clause. The company backed off when my lawyer cited case law that basically says if a company attempts to clamp down on a skill you had pre-existing to employment, ALL previous contracts become null and void. California views this kind of corporate behavior as a form of enslavement.
- fixermark 11y agoQuite reasonable given California's history, as "You'll never work in this town again" is a threat with some very real weight behind it for the Tinseltown population.
- vinceguidry 11y agoThat particular case isn't helped by labor laws, as the threat isn't enforced legally. They put your name on a blacklist and all of a sudden you find that nobody will hire you. I don't know the specific provenance of that legal precedent, but I doubt it had anything to do with Hollywood.