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Perspective

Dec. 23, 2009

Alternatives To Restrictive Covenants

Janie Schulman of Morrison & Foerster concludes her article on employee mobility by addressing the use of trade secret protection programs.

By Janie Schulman

The article "Not So Restrictive Covenants?" discussed the trend of the California courts to retreat from previously recognized exceptions to Section 16600 of the California Business & Professions Code that permitted limited non-competition and customer non-solicitation agreements. In the wake of Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal. 4th 937 (2008), and the two published decisions that have applied Edwards - The Retirement Gr...

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