My attorney once told me that NCAs are very hard to enforce because it's essentially illegal for a company or anyone to prevent you from working for a living is

My attorney once told me that NCAs are very hard to enforce because it's essentially illegal for a company or anyone to prevent you from working for a living is the way he put it to me. My attorney also said that if an NCA becomes a legal matter in court, the authors of NCAs are typically more in the hot seat because because they drafted the agreement to begin with. INAL but as I understand it from my attorney, the author of legal agreements is the party that typically in the "hot seat" to explain themselves in court. Perhaps a layer can chime in and fill in the gaps.