I wonder how much this has to do with clarity-of-law? AFAIK, you don't really need (many) lawyers in CA to fight an employer's non-compete, since CA has ruled

I wonder how much this has to do with clarity-of-law? AFAIK, you don't really need (many) lawyers in CA to fight an employer's non-compete, since CA has ruled so clearly on it. (Although AFAIK you do need a lawyer just to navigate the courts-as-bureaucracy). AKA, you need lots of lawyers to litigate on unclear laws, you need fewer to litigate on clear ones...? In which case # of lawyers is a measure of the unclarity of the laws (and difficulty in engaging the courts); and it might be that lack of clarity that has a bigger impact on the economic growth...?