New Jersey has no non-compete statute. Enforceability turns on a three-part reasonableness test built by the state Supreme Court, and courts routinely narrow overbroad covenants rather than voiding them.
A non-compete agreement is unenforceable against an employee in California, including one signed in another state. This article covers what Business and Professions Code sections 16600, 16600.1, and 16600.5 do, the narrow sale-of-business exceptions, and the remedies available to workers.
Washington makes non-compete enforceability turn on an indexed earnings threshold, an 18-month duration presumption, and disclosure timing. Every covenant becomes void statewide on June 30, 2027.
What the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act requires for a non-compete to be enforceable, which workers it exempts outright, and how pre-2018 agreements are treated.
Arizona non-compete law comes from court decisions rather than a statute. What the reasonableness test measures, why overbroad clauses fail outright instead of shrinking, and which workers are covered by an outright statutory ban.
Virginia bans non-competes outright for low-wage employees and health care professionals, voids them after a discharge without severance, and backs the rules with a $10,000 civil penalty.
California law voids noncompete agreements in employment, with narrow exceptions tied to the sale of a business. This article covers the governing statutes, the notice employers owed by February 14, 2024, out-of-state agreements, and the remedies available to workers.
Michigan enforces non-compete agreements that protect a reasonable competitive business interest and are reasonable in duration, geographic area, and type of work. The statutory test, the blue-pencil rule, and what an enforcement suit involves.
Minnesota law makes employee covenants not to compete void and unenforceable, with narrow exceptions for the sale or dissolution of a business. What the statute reaches, what it leaves alone, and how the choice-of-law rule works.
How Georgia’s Restrictive Covenants Act decides when a non-compete is enforceable: which workers can be bound, the time and geographic limits, and how courts handle an overbroad covenant.
Whether a New York non-compete holds up depends on a four-part common-law reasonableness test, not a statute. Here is how courts evaluate them and who gets extra protection.
How North Carolina decides whether a non-compete is enforceable: the five requirements, the consideration rule, and the strict blue pencil doctrine.