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quick google shows that non-competes are enforceable in OH. Not-starter for hi-tech. TX pretty much the same.

For illustration, as another poster mentioned Fairchild - with enforceable non-competes you'll never have the "Fairchild Semiconductor of Cleveland"

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Just because a state enforces non-compete contracts doesn't mean that companies have to use them.

If a company in Ohio or Texas is trying to convince people to move there from California, and these people refuse to agree to non-compete contracts, the companies will have to stop that nonsense since it will prevent them from hiring the people they need.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#United_State...

CA sounds pretty much like an exception. This is why i live here :)

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