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he enforceability of non-competes is an area of law that is so fraught with disparate statue statutes and fact specific determinations that the most that can be generally said about the enforceability of non-competes is maybe. Your question does not indicate whether an employer or employee is asking the question, which broadcast station position the inquired about non-compete covers, does not state the length of time for the non-compete restriction, and what geographic area is to be restricted.

All of these facts and more are relevant to any commentary on whether a particular non-compete might be enforceable. Let’s take non-competes first from the employee’s perspective. Before accepting any position with a new employer, ask if you will be asked to sign a non-compete as a condition of commencing employment. Whether or not you will be asked to sign a non-compete should be one of the essential details of your employment, like the description of the position and compensation, that should inform your decision as to whether or not to accept the offered position. Sure, you as a new employee could decline to sign a non-compete that is put in front of you on your first day of employment but how likely are you to do that? Once an employee agrees to a non-compete, even if its enforceability is questionable, it is likely to affect subsequent employment decisions as the employee or a future employer will be unlikely to spend the time and money to go to court to try to overturn a non-compete

The law consists of a body of legal rules socially accepted that apply to the operation of the State's institutions and that establish the relationship between the citizens and the State. The law, in France, is essentially made up of written rules that are called sources of law. These can be rules adopted by States or between States, on a national level, but they can also come from national and international case-law. On a local level, these sources can come from municipal judgment, from professional corporations, such as l'Ordre des médecin ; from rules concluded between citizens, such as collective agreements or contracts; or simply from customs.