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Banning noncompetes is key to California's tech and other industries: https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/2/13/14580874/google-self-driving-noncompetes https://
by jseliger 3y ago
Banning noncompetes is key to California's tech and other industries:
https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/2/13/14580874/google-self-driving-noncompetes https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/2/13/14580874/google-self...
- fragmede 3y agoWhich leads to the question, is this ban in NJ good for California?
- chaostheory 3y agoIt is not. The more bans on non-competes spread in the US, the more the SF Bay Area loses one of its main competitive advantages. Silicon Valley would not exist as a tech leader if non-competes were a thing in California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous_eight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous_eight https://computerhistory.org/stories/spinoff-fairchild/ https://computerhistory.org/stories/spinoff-fairchild/ https://computerhistory.org/blog/fairchild-and-the-fairchildren/ https://computerhistory.org/blog/fairchild-and-the-fairchild...
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- lotsofpulp 3y agoI don’t think anywhere in the US has a blanket ban on non competes and protection of an employees’ work like California. https://law.justia.com/codes/california/2010/lab/2870-2872.html https://law.justia.com/codes/california/2010/lab/2870-2872.h... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38746969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38746969