This comes up every now and then. IANAL, but my understanding is that a California court may give effect to an order from a different state, so employers may t

This comes up every now and then. IANAL, but my understanding is that a California court may give effect to an order from a different state, so employers may try to get an order from out of state (a "race to the courthouse"). This is different from enforcing a non-compete from out of state, it's enforcing a ruling from a different jurisdiction. http://lawzilla.com/content/noncompete.shtml http://lawzilla.com/content/noncompete.shtml This was discussed here, with someone disagreeing with the above (like I said, IANAL, I really couldn't tell you): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7565896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7565896