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I think the FAANGs are gonna come out on this one and take it all the way to the supreme court. I don't see this sticking at all, especially with the current SCOTUS

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Quite the opposite, I suspect one of the reasons FAANGs are successful is the lack of non-compete in CA.

Folks can easily hop around, ask for higher wages and take their skills to a new company that directly competes with the old.

There's a heavy competition among the tech companies both for talent and for their businesses

CA already makes non-competes unenforceable and aren't most FAANG employees in CA?

CA isn't federal law and this involves the FTC. Sure they could have taken them before but I think a nation wide limit might stir up the hornet's nest. FAANG have offices and data centers all over the country

To my knowledge, none of the FAANGs utilize noncompetes, because they are pretty much completely illegal in California, including ones that were signed out of state. It's too much of a headache for something that can be invalidated simply by moving to California.

But the headquarters are mostly CA

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