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Labor/Employment,
Administrative/Regulatory

Feb. 5, 2025

Non-compete agreements in California: A model for worker freedom or business risk?

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Lindsay C. David

Principal, Polsinelli

Tiffany S. Hansen

Principal, Polsinelli

Broadly (and traditionally), Non-Compete Agreements are legal contracts between an employer and an employee (or a business and another party) in which one party (e.g., the employee) agrees not to compete with the other party (e.g., the employer). Non-Compete Agreements can be explicit, specifying that an employee will not compete with the employer during and/or after their employment. Alternatively, they can be more subtly embedded within overly broad Confidentiality Agreements, Non-Solici...

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