United States: Newly Minted California Law Declares Void Noncompete Agreements Unenforceable Regardless Of Where They Were Signed - Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Since at least 1941, California has declared, with certain limited exceptions, that every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void".