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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Oct. 21, 2006

Write, Enforce Noncompetition Agreements Conservatively to Avoid Suits

FORUM COLUMN - By Patrick Cain - Although noncompetition agreements are allowed in certain limited circumstances (Business and Professions Code Sections 16601 and 16602), exceptions to the general ban on agreements in restraint of trade (Business and Professions Code Section 16600) are construed narrowly.


Forum Column

By Patrick Cain

     
      Although noncompetition agreements are allowed in certain limited circumstances (Business and Professions Code Sections 16601 and 16602), exceptions to the general ban on agreements in restraint of trade (Business and Professions Code Section 16600) are construed narrowly. Serious problems arise when noncompetition agreements are drafted without due con...

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