counterpoint: “I signed an NDA” is an easy cop out if I don’t remember or don’t feel like talking about what went on at previous jobs in job interviews
I always thought non-compete agreements were so bizarre. like why would a company get to have any say where I can work after I stop working for them lol. Same vibes as an HOA telling you what color you’re allowed to paint your house or how long your grass can be
This is good, but iirc I seem to recall being told in business law years back that most non competes were unenforceable in court
Still, I suppose that’s 1 point for this admin, 533,256 against
And companies kept using them anyway, because how many employees know it’s unenforceable, or would be able to fight a much larger company trying to enforce it?
I’m expecting more of the same here.
Yeah…the wording of ‘nearly all’ non competes being voided worries me as well. I wonder if we’ll just see corporations weasel a way around this to keep using them
From the official FTC release it looks like existing NCAs for senior executives are still enforceable but new ones can’t be written.
Really curious if this ruling applies to public employers as well as private.
I suspect it’s an exception for matters of national security, ie the MIC.
They’ve been unenforceable in California and New York for several years now, but I think in other states they were still valid.
I was thinking less along the lines of being outright nullified by definition, and more them not passing the basic tests, but that’s good to know. Looks like a lot of other states also already had conditions outlining their use (at the bottom of that link)
I can go steal all my former clients from my prior employer now lol
EDIT: actually nevermind, that’s a non-solicitation agreement which is different from a non-compete.
It’s funny, I can’t help but think Adam Smith would come around to socialism if he saw what capitalism has become in the 21st century.
Behind every socialist is a disappointed free-market enthusiast.
not if the supreme court has anything to say about it
