Category Archives: Noncompete Bill

Another anti-noncompete, anti-nonsolicit bill in California is now on the Governor’s desk. The bill says that California’s prohibition on restrictive covenants is to be read broadly and requires companies to notify employees subject to a covenant that violates that law that their restrictions are void and unenforceable. It operates retroactively and, not surprisingly, there are penalties.
Before New York joins the ranks of California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma as the fifth state with a complete ban on employee noncompetes, I took the opportunity to write to NY Governor Hochul to explain why caution is warranted.