> Section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code provides that "every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession

> Section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code provides that "every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void." That is the letter of the law, but that has not been the interpretation (re: a 2020 appellate ruling mentions this) https://calawyers.org/business-law/california-appellate-court-determines-that-business-and-professions-code-section-16600-does-not-apply-to-non-compete-agreement-during/#:~:text=Section%2016600%20provides%20that%20%E2%80%9CExcept,provisions%20relating%20to%20sales%20of https://calawyers.org/business-law/california-appellate-cour... I also happen to know that ND non-competes are enforceable in a limited fashion.