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Securities

Jul. 25, 2022

Is the LLC exception to California’s rule against non-competition agreements enforceable?

Chet Kronenberg

Litigation partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

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Jonathan Sanders

Litigation counsel
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

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Let’s say that three individuals own a private equity or venture capital firm. To protect their business, the individuals enter into a limited liability company agreement stating that if one of these individuals leaves the firm and joins a competitor, he or she cannot solicit the firm’s investors for one year. Five years later, one of the individuals leaves to join a competitor. Is the non-solicitation provision enforceable? It depends upon, among other things, wheth...

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