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Labor/Employment,
Corporate,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court

Aug. 5, 2020

Section 16600 and Ixchel: benefit or burden?

California courts have long wrestled with how to strike an appropriate balance between free and unfettered competition, on the one hand, and contractual arrangements that protect and promote certainty, predictability and innovation in business relations, on the other. On Monday, the California Supreme Court endeavored to resolve these competing concerns.

Patrick Hammon

Partner
McManis Faulkner

Email: phammon@mcmanislaw.com

California courts have long wrestled with how to strike an appropriate balance between free and unfettered competition, on the one hand, and contractual arrangements that protect and promote certainty, predictability and innovation in business relations, on the other. On Monday, the California Supreme Court endeavored to resolve these competing concerns in its much-anticipated decision on the issue in $95

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