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Labor/Employment

Dec. 21, 2023

Company must defend its noncompete clauses in California

The dispute could have far-reaching consequences in California, where the state’s Supreme Court just granted Lockton Companies’ petition to review the enforceability of out of state forum selection clauses in California.

Two Los Angeles County judges this month denied insurance brokerage Lockton Companies’ motions to dismiss lawsuits by former executives and partners challenging the enforceability of the company’s noncompete covenants in California.

The judges also denied Lockton’s efforts to move the cases to the company’s home state of Missouri under forum selection clauses, saying that the plaintiffs’ more substantial rights in California would be dimi...

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