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Re:New York State Senate passes prohibitions on non-competes by toomuchtodo on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:16PM (#36330159)
They are wielded as a weapon in an asymmetric power dynamic, hence the need to strike their use down.

https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/federal-register-no...

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/01/...

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/01/...

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/22/jimmy-johns-drops-non-compet...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/upshot/when-the-guy-making... | https://archive.is/I8wmH

Previous on the topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34260577

(disclosure: I submitted comments to the FTC advocating for their rule making against non competes; personal opinion: its important this is codified at both federal and state levels to inhibit rollbacks in the future based on SCOTUS decisions around executive branch authority, consider them lines of defense and policy ratchets)

Re:New York State Senate passes prohibitions on non-competes by toomuchtodo on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:25PM (#36381664)