> Can't > One famous argument about why SV was special is that its because California judges utterly despise non-competes and non-competes-alike. I believe the

> Can't > One famous argument about why SV was special is that its because California judges utterly despise non-competes and non-competes-alike. I believe they're at least, in some form, unenforcable. They absolutely can; it just doesn't have to involve non-competes. It wouldn't surprise me if they trump up an accusation of IP theft, or more effectively, if they happen to hit the lottery and find an audit trail suggesting exfiltration of data prior to the departure. I'm not saying they did this, but I am saying it wouldn't surprise me if Facebook tried to build a case around it, if only to slow a16z down a bit while Facebook recovers.