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p0298 Although California has a strong interest in protecting its employees from noncompetition agreements, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, there are overriding sovereignty concerns and principles of comity that compel California courts to use judicial restraint before issuing an order restraining a party from litigating in another state (i.e., Minnesota) to obtain an injunction prohibiting a former employee from working for a competitor in California.
ADVANCED BIONICS v MEDTRONIC (Comity) 29 C4 697 [See: B&PC 16600. 17200 etseq; Advanced Bionics v Medtronic (RevGrtd) 87 CA4 1235, T/AT 4/01; D'sa v Playhut 85 CA4 927, T/AT 2/01; Spreckels v Hawaiian 117 C 377]
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