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• em-bee 6y ago
  i didn't mean immunity, but i assumed that california law would always override here. turns out it is very much a case of it depends. in the EU non-compete clauses are quite limited and usually require compensation. unreasonable clauses can be invalidated. in germany for example a clause covering the whole country is unreasonable. therefore i think it's unlikely that a clause covering multiple member states would be acceptable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause in general there is a mutual recognition of judgements from other states. thinking about this some more, this obviously must be the case, otherwise working across state borders would be difficult. the same must hold true for the USA as well. here is one interesting point: https://www.incegd.com/en/news-insights/recast-brussels-regulation-reinforcing-arbitration-exception https://www.incegd.com/en/news-insights/recast-brussels-regu... The basic rule is that a defendant should be sued in the courts of the EU Member State in which it is domiciled. this would mean if someone were to move to a state where non-competes are unenforceable, then they should indeed likely be able to escape that clause