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Labor/Employment

Dec. 22, 2009

Not So Restrictive Covenants?

Janie Schulman of Morrison & Foerster examines the future of employee mobility in the aftermath of Edwards v. Arthur Andersen.

By Janie Schulman

Every so often, we must come to grips with a major paradigm shift. When Christopher Columbus failed to sail off the edge of the Earth, many skeptics had to concede that the world really isn't flat. Advocates for employee mobility also see a paradigm shift: a message from California courts that despite the most creative drafting, employers may not use non-competition agreements or other restrictive covenants to prohibit former employees from working for c...

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