La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23:921. Restraint of business prohibited; restraint on forum prohibited; competing business; contracts against engaging in; provisions for: Contracts – Louisiana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1962
Provides that every contract or agreement by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind shall be null and void, with exceptions.
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LD 1496 – Maine
Introduced: 2023 Status: In Process
An employer may not require or permit an employee to enter into a noncompete agreement with the employer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 12X. Restrictive covenants upon physicians rendered unenforceable: Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations – Massachusetts
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1977
Any contract or agreement which creates or establishes the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a physician registered to practice medicine pursuant to section two, which includes any …
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 24L. Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act: Labor and Industries – Massachusetts
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2018
Provides regulation and enforceability of noncompete agreements in employment contracts.
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Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. § 3-716. Employers prohibited from requiring noncompete or conflict of interest provision in employment contract, document, or agreement: Employment Standards and Conditions – Maryland
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2019
A noncompete or conflict of interest provision in an employment contract or a similar document or agreement that restricts the ability of an employee to enter into employment with a new employer or to become …
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Me. Stat. tit. 26, § 599-A. Noncompete Agreements: Conditions for Employment – Maine
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2019
Provides restrictions and enforceability of noncompete agreements in employment contracts.
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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.774a. Agreement or covenant protecting business interests of employer; applicability of section: Michigan Antitrust Reform Act – Michigan
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1987
An employer may obtain from an employee an agreement or covenant which protects an employer’s reasonable competitive business interests and expressly prohibits an employee from engaging in employment or a line of business after termination …
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Mont. Code Ann. §§ 28-2-703 through 28-2-705: Contracts in Restraint of Trade Generally Void – Montana
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1895
Provides that any contract by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind, is to that extent void, unless it is an agreement created in the sale of …
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N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 75-1 through 75-4: Monopolies, Trusts and Consumer Protection — General Provisions – North Carolina
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1913
“Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are declared unlawful. (b) For purposes of this section, “commerce” includes all business activities, however denominated, …
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N.D. Cent. Code §§ 9-08-01 through 9-08-06: Unlawful and Voidable Contracts – North Dakota
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1877
Any provision of a contract is unlawful if it is: 1. Contrary to an express provision of law; 2. Contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited; or 3. Otherwise contrary to …
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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 275:50. Waiver Prohibited: Payment of Wages – New Hampshire
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1939
Requires an employer to provide a copy of a non-compete prior to employment for new employees. Exempts employees who earn an hourly rate less than or equal to 200 percent of the federal minimum wage …
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N.M. Stat. §§ 24-1I-1 through 24-1I-5: Health Care Practitioner Agreements – New Mexico
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2015
Noncompete clauses that restrict the right of a healthcare practitioner (broadly defined in statute) to provide clinical services are unenforceable after the end of employment except nondisclosure agreements to protect confidential information and nonsolitation clauses …
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 613.195. Noncompetition covenants: Limitations; enforceability; revision by court: Employment Practices — Miscellaneous Provisions – Nevada
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2017
Provides that a noncompetition covenant is void and unenforceable, with exceptions.
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 613.200. Prevention of employment of person who has been discharged or who terminates employment unlawful; criminal and administrative penalties; exception: Employment Practices — Miscellaneous Provisions – Nevada
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1911
Provides penalty for violation of prohibition against noncompetition covenant.
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Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 219A. Noncompetition agreements: Unlawful Contracts – Oklahoma
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2001
Prohibits noncompete contracts except those written to protect the sale of goodwill of a business, dissolution of a partnership or those that prohibit only the direct solicitation of established customers of the former employer.
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Okla. Stat. tit. 15, §§ 217 through 219: Restraint of Trade – Oklahoma
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1910
Generally provides that contracts in restraint of trade are prohibited, unless an exception applies.
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