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We have apparently hit a reply depth limit, so I'm "replying to myself". There's a recognized carveout for business sales, and I think a couple of other things

We have apparently hit a reply depth limit, so I'm "replying to myself". There's a recognized carveout for business sales, and I think a couple of other things that don't implicate the ability to ply your trade. You might be able to stretch some of those to some restrictions on employees in some rare case. And I think that at some points the intimidation got bad enough that even some lawyers had lost track of reality, so I wouldn't be surprised if some people had settled some cases they shouldn't have settled, or even gone to court and failed to raise arguments they should have raised. But the basic thrust of the law is refreshingly clear, and it's statute, not just customary law.

Hizonner 3y ago
... and now the depth limit seems to have disappeared. Maybe it's a time restriction. I forgot to mention that people also get noncompete mixed up with nonsolicitation. You can't hire me as a framing carpenter in California and try to demand an agreement that I not work as a framing carpenter for another contractor, or even that I not start my own company. But you can require that I not use relationships I built with your customers when I was your employee to convert them into my customers. And obviously there can be grey areas there. For "Valley" purposes, that usually only affected people in sales, though. ... and you can NDA me and say I can't use your secret hammer grip. You just can't completely stop me from competing with you if that meaningfully restricts my ability to do the kind of work I know how to do.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
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