Are non-competition, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements enforceable in California?
No and yes. California prohibits most agreements limiting an individual from carrying on a livelihood in competition with his or her former employer. On the other hand, a business can bar a former worker from disclosing or otherwise utilizing that company’s private and propriety information. Thus a business has the right to prevent an ex-employee from soliciting those on the company’s client or patient list, as so long as that list was created at company expense and is subject to reasonable confidentiality procedures.
