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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

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61 % The increase in court decisions regarding noncompete agreements between 2002 and 2012, according to a study conducted for the Wall Street Journal by the law firm Beck Reed Riden LLP. The tech industry says a ban is needed to boost innovation, but business groups have a different take. Such agreements are common for CEOs; 78.7