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California does protect you against getting into new non-competes. But in finance I have heard of New York non-competes being honored in California. I don't h
by jmount 16y ago
California does protect you against getting into new non-competes. But in finance I have heard of New York non-competes being honored in California. I don't have any case-law (and it could be a successful example of bullying) but you may want to double check.
- hga 16y agoThe stakes ($$$) are likely to be a lot higher in finance ... plus finance in the US is so NY centric bullying would likely be more effective; these sort of "would it be worth their while to sue?" questions are where you'd definitely want to talk to a lawyer. Also California's law doesn't cover the highest levels of companies like owners.
- hga 16y agoThis article indicates moving to California can work, although it's not really clear legally why: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/12/30/why_noncompete_means_dont_thrive_/ http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/12/30/why_nonco... To me this article strongly implies non-competes are non-enforcable after moving: http://www.crn.com/it-channel/18815740;jsessionid=50NGMBUQKTN1TQE1GHOSKH4ATMY32JVN http://www.crn.com/it-channel/18815740;jsessionid=50NGMBUQKT... EMC is such a junk yard dog in this area and the allegations are described with sufficient specificity that it sounds like whatever non-completes Karwowska signed outside of California they couldn't be used against her when she presumably moved to Silicon Valley. EMC could only claim nondisclosure and nonsolicitation agreement violations....