I think the only edge cases are for executives of companies, and even then it's pretty limited, but I imagine this could be one of the examples. IANAL though -

I think the only edge cases are for executives of companies, and even then it's pretty limited, but I imagine this could be one of the examples. IANAL though - it's just from what I've seen discussed elsewhere. https://www.ottingerlaw.com/blog/executives-should-not-ignore-non-compete-agreements https://www.ottingerlaw.com/blog/executives-should-not-ignor... https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=16602.&nodeTreePath=9.2.1&lawCode=BPC https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...