Comment on Ask HN: Could company force departing co-founder to sign non-compete?parentComments−fragmede11yThat's not entirely true.There are specific cases where non-competes are valid in California, relating to being the business owner (aka having an equity stake), which OP has, to some degree.See Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 16602.5 or Wikipedia for more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#Exceptions_-...OP, time to lawyer up.
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That's not entirely true.
There are specific cases where non-competes are valid in California, relating to being the business owner (aka having an equity stake), which OP has, to some degree.
See Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 16602.5 or Wikipedia for more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#Exceptions_-...
OP, time to lawyer up.