As many readers likely know, last fall California doubled-down on the state’s hostility to noncompete agreements. Assembly Bill 1076 codified the landmark 2008 Edward v. Arthur Andersen decision that invalidated all employment noncompetes, including narrowly tailored ones, unless they satisfy a statutory exception.AB 1076 also added new Business & Professions Code §16600.1, requiring California employers to notify current (and certain former) employees that any noncompete agreement or clause to which they may be subject is void (unless it falls within one of…
California nonresident board members of companies based in California may soon be subject to income tax in California, regardless of whether they perform services within the state, if a newly proposed tax regulation is adopted. The proposed regulation — new section 17951-8 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations — released by the Franchise Tax Board of California on September 24, 2020, treats the compensation of a California nonresident, non-employee director of a…