A California federal district court granted a former CEO’s motion to dismiss his former employer Envista Holdings Corporation’s counterclaim for breach of contract under California Business and Professions Code § 16600, finding that California law rather than Delaware law applied despite a choice-of-law provision, and that the restrictive covenants in the employment agreement (non-compete, non-solicitation, and subsequent employment protocol provisions) were void and unenforceable under California’s strong public policy favoring employee mobility.
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