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Re:Peak California by adrr on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:01PM (#19354473)
California doesn't enforce non-competes so it's very easy to for employees to start a new business with little risk of being sued. Eg: you could work for Google self-driving car division, and leave and start a competing company. It happens all the time.
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Re:Peak California by ghaff on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:32PM (#19354683)
Probably not the best example. You still can't steal trade secrets and can still have NDAs.
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Re:Peak California by illumin8 on Sunday March 10, 2019 @07:04PM (#19355318)
Of course, but the big difference is that Google can't prevent you from making a living using your skills as a technologist at a competitor, even if that competitor is your own startup.
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Re:Peak California by DrScump on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:52PM (#19354809)
We've already seen Apple's Self-driving division have multiple alleged trade-secret thefts.
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