Earlier this week, Governor Deval Patrick indicated that he will move to ban enforcement of noncompete agreements in Massachusetts. This is one part of a larger piece of legislation designed to promote innovation – job creation – in the state. Said Greg Bialecki, the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Housing and Economic Development and someone to watch in Massachusetts politics: “We feel like noncompetes are a barrier to innovation in Massachusetts”. Bialecki is correct. Noncompete agreements suppress wages, stifle innovation, and hurt …
