finding that section 16600 permits non-compete provisions in employment contracts when “necessary to protect the employer’s trade secrets”
How later courts described this case
- finding that section 16600 permits non-compete provisions in employment contracts when “necessary to protect the employer’s trade secrets”
- construing a statutory prohibition against contracts restraining people from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business
- § 16600"invalidates provisions in employment contracts prohibiting an employee from working for a competitor after completion of his employment ... unless [the provisions] are necessary to protect the employer's trade secrets"
- Section 16600 “invalidates provisions in employment contracts prohibiting an employee from working for a competitor ... unless the[provisions] are necessary to protect the employer’s trade secrets”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Ashburn in the opinion prepared by him for the District Court of Appeal (Muggill v. Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. (Cal.App.) 39 Cal.Rptr. 753 ).