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Labor/Employment

Feb. 5, 2020

Open competition: Trending noncompete litigation in California

Many states in the United States permit contractual restraints on trade, provided the restraints are reasonable. California was one of these states until 1872, when the Legislature enacted a statue favoring open competition and rejecting the “rule of reasonableness.

Nicholas Kanter

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Lewitt Hackman Shapiro

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Tal Burnovski Yeyni

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Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan

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Many states in the United States permit contractual restraints on trade, provided the restraints are reasonable. California was one of these states until 1872, when the Legislature enacted a statue favoring open competition and rejecting the "rule of reasonableness." Edwards v. Arthur Andersen, LLP, 44 Cal. App...

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