Non-Competition Law in France and the EU

In the international arena, U.S. employers should refrain from seeking to blindly impose the "American way" of drafting and implementing restrictive covenants in an attempt to harmonize their employees' working conditions all over the world. Indeed, there is simply no such a thing as a standard restrictive covenant that could be implemented whatever the location of the workplace in the world.

9 minute read October 01, 2003 at 11:16 AM
By
Patrick Thi'bart
Non-Competition Law in France and the EU

In France, like in the U.S., covenants not to compete are not prohibited per se. They are unlawful only if they create unreasonable restraints upon employees' freedom to work.

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