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This seems like the sort of thing that software engineers should be organizing around and calling their state representatives about to make these unenforceable.

Has anyone tried doing so already?




California already has: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/understanding-californias-ban...

I think NY would have a harder time doing this without losing employers in finance. A lot of IP in algorithmic trading can't be protected by patents since they only work if they are kept secret. Non-competes are essentially the only mechanism for IP protection of trading strategies.


Non-competes in finance are often _much_ more reasonable - mandated "gardening leave" rather than a restriction on post-employment activity.


Most finance is not algorithmic trading, and we already have trade secret law for this sort of thing.




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