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It wasn't a conscious choice -- they were drafting their laws from a set of model statutes called the Field Code and simply didn't even think about changing the

• twblalock 8y ago
  Excellent, this is great information that is difficult to find!
• njarboe 8y ago
  Interesting fact filled article with an obvious employer bias slipping in at the end. "Employers wishing to protect themselves from unfair competition in North Dakota should tread carefully." It would be great to get these laws prohibitions of non-competes in more states. It is one of the main reasons I still live in the high cost of living/high taxed state of California.
  • currymj 8y ago
    Yeah, I think the blog is written by lawyers who represent employers and/or draft noncompetes. Massachusetts recently almost banned them, California style, in response to the narrative that the Route 128 tech corridor could have been Silicon Valley were it not for enforceable noncompetes. The law was heavily watered down once industry lobbyists (especially from all the biotech companies) got done with it. Still, it is a big improvement over the status quo. It limits time to one year, requires 50% compensation during the time when you can't work, and bans the most egregious abuses (noncompetes for minimum wage employees and so on).