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Here is a pointer to my testimony today before Members of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, In Support of Eliminating Employee Non-Compete Agreements. Plus pointers to additional information regarding non-compete agreements.

Branko Gerovac. 2009.10.07. Testimony before Members of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, In Support of Eliminating Employee Non-Compete Agreements.
Testimony_of_Branko_J_Gerovac_re_Non-Compete_2009.10.07.pdf

Matt Marx, Assistant Professor, MIT Sloan. 2009.10.07. Testimony regarding MA House Bills H1794 and H1799, Acts Regarding Noncompetition Agreements. Massachusetts Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Boston MA.
http://mmarx.scripts.mit.edu/docs/MA_noncompete_hearing_testimony20091007.pdf

Bijan Sabat. c.2009. Posts on non-compete agreements.
http://bijansabet.com/post/184734536/lets-not-confuse-non-compete-agreements-with-trade
http://bijansabet.com/post/145615964/revised-non-compete-legislation-doesnt-go-far-enough
http://bijansabet.com/post/20621865/getting-rid-of-the-non-compete-clause-everywhere

Alison Lobron. 2009.07.24. Free labor market. A ban on non-compete contracts is promoted as a way to foster innovation. CommonWealth Magazine.
http://www.commonwealthmagazine.org/Investigations/What-Works/2009/Summer/A-ban-on-noncompete-agreements-is-promoted-as-a-way-to-foster-innovation.aspx

Scott Kirsner. 2009.06.22. Should We Make Non-Compete Agreements Illegal in Masssachusetts? Innovation Economy.
http://www.innoeco.com/2009/06/should-we-make-non-compete-agreements.html

Scott Kirsner. 2009.06.21. Start-ups stifled by noncompetes. Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/06/21/start_ups_stifled_by_noncompetes/

Will Brownsberger. c.2009. Massachusetts State Representative, Democrat, 24th Middlesex District (Belmont, parts of Cambridge, and parts of Arlington). Original sponsor of the bill to ban non-compete agreements.
http://www.willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/tag/stag-non-competes

Alliance for Open Competition.
http://opencompetition.wordpress.com/