Sections
12 entriesSection 16600Bars contracts restraining anyone from a lawful profession, trade, or business to the extent of the restraint, except for chapter exceptions, including…Section 16600.1Prohibits employers from including or requiring employment noncompetes that do not satisfy a chapter exception. For current employees and former employees employed…Section 16600.5Bars enforcement of contracts void under the chapter regardless of where or when signed, including when employment was outside California, and prohibits…Section 16601Allows specified sellers of business goodwill or ownership interests to agree with the buyer not to carry on a similar business within…Section 16602Allows a partner, upon or in anticipation of partnership dissolution or the partner’s dissociation, to agree not to carry on a similar…Section 16602.5Allows a member, upon or in anticipation of dissolution of a limited liability company or termination of the member’s interest, to agree…Section 16603Prohibits conditioning a publication sale or consignment on taking a horror comic book; violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six…Section 16604Prohibits conditioning the sale or consignment of a magazine, book, or other publication on purchasing or receiving another publication; violation is a…Section 16605Requires distributors of books, magazines, or other publications to remove unsolicited material from a retailer within 10 days after notification when the…Section 16606Defines a telephone answering service’s customer list, including customer names, addresses, and identities, as both a trade secret and confidential information belonging…Section 16607Defines an employment agency’s customer list, including employer customers with job orders during the 180 days before an employee’s separation and all…Section 16608Prohibits contracts entered on or after January 1, 2026, from requiring specified workers to repay employer debt when employment ends. A retention-payment…