[biftek]

> It means that google doesn't have to aquire-hire your team, they can just poach all of them wholesale.

Doesn't California already ban non competes? The industry has seemingly thrived there and I've never heard of it being a problem.

[zer00eyz]

In CA there is also a ban on raiding:

"California law protects employers from raiding by competitors. An employee or competitor may not take a large proportion of your employees with the intent of driving you out of business. You must prove the employee or competitor had bad intent. Evidence of intent includes emails, texts, and witness testimony about what the bad employee or competitor did or said when soliciting your employees."

From: https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/stealing-employees-in-cali....