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R.S. 23:921, including the default rule of nullity, the parish-naming geographic requirement, the two-year cap, the bar on judicial reformation, the prospective-employee timing trap, employee non-solicitation after Brown & Root v. Farris, the void choice-of-law rule, the 2025 physician burn-off limits, the 2026 intern and apprentice ban, and trade-secret alternatives.", "state": "Louisiana", "lastReviewed": "2026-06-03", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "authors": [ "steven-obiajulu" ], "summary": { "enforceability": "reasonable", "bottomLine": "Louisiana voids every non-compete by default and enforces one only if it fits a narrow statutory exception with named parishes and a two-year cap, so most out-of-state templates fail.", "keyLaw": "La. R.S. 23:921", "exceptions": "Employee exception (subsection C, 2-yr/named parishes); sale of business; physician burn-off limits; automobile salesmen banned; intern/apprentice ban (Aug 1, 2026)", "courtNarrowing": "trimOnly", "appliesToContractors": "unclear", "extendedForBreach": "Silent — likely barred by 2-year cap", "maxLength": "2 years from termination (employee covenant)", "noticeRequirement": "None", "incomeThreshold": "None", "saleOfBusiness": "Allowed — La. R.S. 23:921(B), up to 2 years", "customerNonSolicit": "Allowed only within statutory named geography", "employeeNonSolicit": "Outside § 23:921; reasonable duration required" }, "about": [ "Louisiana non-compete agreements", "La. R.S. 23:921 restraint of business statute", "Louisiana parish-naming geographic requirement", "Louisiana two-year non-compete cap", "Louisiana physician non-compete burn-off limits", "Louisiana intern and apprentice non-compete ban", "Louisiana employee non-solicitation agreements", "Louisiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act" ], "translations": [ { "language": "中文", "status": "planned" }, { "language": "Español", "status": "planned" }, { "language": "Português", "status": "planned" }, { "language": "Deutsch", "status": "planned" } ], "relatedForm": { "slug": "openagreements-restrictive-covenant-louisiana" } }, "questions": [ { "slug": "employee-non-compete-enforceability", "label": "Are employee non-competes enforceable?", "heading": "Are employee non-compete agreements enforceable in Louisiana?", "answerText": "Only inside a narrow statutory lane. Louisiana starts from the position that any agreement restraining a lawful profession, trade, or business is null and void, and it enforces a non-compete only when the agreement fits one of the relationship-based exceptions the statute spells out.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-23921-a1", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(A)(1).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(A)(1) supports the default rule that an agreement restraining a lawful profession, trade, or business is null and void except as the statute provides.", "verbatimQuote": "Every contract or agreement, or provision thereof, by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind, except as provided in this Section, shall be null and void.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-a1" }, { "id": "swat24-strict-construction", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "SWAT 24 Shreveport Bossier, Inc. v. Bond", "citation": "SWAT 24 Shreveport Bossier, Inc. v. Bond, 808 So. 2d 294 (La. 2001).", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1860745/swat-24-shreveport-bossier-inc-v-bond/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1860745/swat-24-shreveport-bossier-inc-v-bond/#:~:text=Because%20such%20covenants%20are%20in,the%20party%20seeking%20their%20enforcement.", "proposition": "SWAT 24 supports that Louisiana non-compete covenants are in derogation of the common right and are strictly construed against the party seeking enforcement.", "verbatimQuote": "Because such covenants are in derogation of the common right, they must be strictly construed against the party seeking their enforcement.", "date": "2001-06-29", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-swat24-strict-construction" } ] }, { "slug": "duration-limits", "label": "What geography and duration limits apply?", "heading": "What geographic and durational limits must a Louisiana non-compete meet?", "answerText": "Named parishes and no more than two years. An employee non-compete must identify the specific parishes or municipalities where it applies and may not run longer than two years from the end of employment. A mileage radius does not satisfy the parish-naming requirement.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-23921-c", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(C).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(C) supports that an employee non-compete must be limited to specified parishes or municipalities where the employer carries on a like business and may not exceed two years from termination of employment.", "verbatimQuote": "Any person, including a corporation and the individual shareholders of such corporation, who is employed as an agent, servant, or employee may agree with his employer to refrain from carrying on or engaging in a business similar to that of the employer and/or from soliciting customers of the employer within a specified parish or parishes, municipality or municipalities, or parts thereof, so long as the employer carries on a like business therein, not to exceed a period of two years from termination of employment.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-c" }, { "id": "amcom-radius", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "AMCOM of Louisiana, Inc. v. Battson", "citation": "AMCOM of La., Inc. v. Battson, 666 So. 2d 1227 (La. Ct. App. 1996).", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1094717/amcom-of-louisiana-inc-v-battson/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1094717/amcom-of-louisiana-inc-v-battson/#:~:text=We%20agree%20with%20the%20trial,this%20employment%20agreement%20overly%20broad.", "proposition": "AMCOM supports that a Louisiana non-compete defined by a mileage radius rather than named parishes is overly broad.", "verbatimQuote": "We agree with the trial court's factual finding that the geographical area encompassed within a 75-mile radius of Shreveport or Bossier City makes this employment agreement overly broad.", "date": "1996-01-17", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-amcom-radius" } ] }, { "slug": "extended-for-breach", "label": "Does a tolling clause extend the period?", "heading": "Does a tolling or extension-during-breach clause extend a Louisiana non-compete?", "answerText": "It should not be relied on. The statute caps the restraint at two years from termination, and Louisiana's strict-construction and no-reformation rules leave no room for a clause that pushes the restriction past that ceiling by adding back time spent in breach or litigation.", "sources": [ { "id": "q3-rs-23921-c", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(C).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(C) supports that an employee non-compete may not exceed two years from termination of employment, a fixed statutory ceiling a tolling clause cannot extend.", "verbatimQuote": "within a specified parish or parishes, municipality or municipalities, or parts thereof, so long as the employer carries on a like business therein, not to exceed a period of two years from termination of employment.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-q3-rs-23921-c" }, { "id": "q3-teamenv-no-reform", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Team Environmental Services, Inc. v. Addison", "citation": "Team Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Addison, 2 F.3d 124 (5th Cir. 1993).", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5925/team-environmental-services-inc-v-addison/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5925/team-environmental-services-inc-v-addison/#:~:text=Finding%20that%20the%20agreement%20violates,render%20judgment%20for%20the%20defendants.", "proposition": "Team Environmental supports that a Louisiana non-compete that violates the controlling statute may not be reformed by a court.", "verbatimQuote": "Finding that the agreement violates the controlling Louisiana statute and may not be reformed, we vacate the injunction and render judgment for the defendants.", "date": "1993-09-15", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-q3-teamenv-no-reform" } ] }, { "slug": "court-narrowing", "label": "Will a court narrow an overbroad covenant?", "heading": "Will a Louisiana court narrow an overbroad non-compete instead of voiding it?", "answerText": "Only by severing, never by rewriting. A court will not add or substitute language to save a defective covenant; at most it may strike an offending portion under a severability clause and enforce what independently complies with the statute.", "sources": [ { "id": "q4-teamenv-no-reform", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Team Environmental Services, Inc. v. Addison", "citation": "Team Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Addison, 2 F.3d 124 (5th Cir. 1993).", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5925/team-environmental-services-inc-v-addison/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5925/team-environmental-services-inc-v-addison/#:~:text=Finding%20that%20the%20agreement%20violates,render%20judgment%20for%20the%20defendants.", "proposition": "Team Environmental supports that a Louisiana non-compete that violates the controlling statute may not be reformed by a court.", "verbatimQuote": "Finding that the agreement violates the controlling Louisiana statute and may not be reformed, we vacate the injunction and render judgment for the defendants.", "date": "1993-09-15", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-q4-teamenv-no-reform" }, { "id": "brock-severance", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brock Services, L.L.C. v. Rogillio", "citation": "Brock Servs., L.L.C. v. Rogillio, 936 F.3d 290 (5th Cir. 2019).", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4656603/brock-services-llc-v-richard-rogillio/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4656603/brock-services-llc-v-richard-rogillio/#:~:text=Restrictive%20covenants%20are%20unfavored%20in,are%20narrowly%20and%20strictly%20construed.", "proposition": "Brock Services supports that Louisiana restrictive covenants are disfavored and strictly construed, with a court enforcing only terms that comply with the statute.", "verbatimQuote": "Restrictive covenants are unfavored in Louisiana and are narrowly and strictly construed.", "date": "2019-08-27", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-brock-severance" } ] }, { "slug": "prospective-employee", "label": "Can a prospective employee sign one?", "heading": "Must the employment relationship already exist when a Louisiana non-compete is signed?", "answerText": "Yes, or the agreement must be carefully dated. A non-compete signed before the employment relationship exists is unenforceable, though a Louisiana appellate court has allowed one signed pre-start when it carries an effective date on or after the first day of work.", "sources": [ { "id": "rouses-prospective", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Rouses Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Clapp", "citation": "Rouses Enters., L.L.C. v. Clapp, No. 21-30293 (5th Cir. Mar. 8, 2022).", "url": "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/21/21-30293.0.pdf", "proposition": "Rouses supports that a Louisiana non-compete signed before the employment relationship exists is unenforceable.", "verbatimQuote": "Because Clapp was not employed by Rouses when he signed the agreement, it is unenforceable under Louisiana law.", "date": "2022-03-08", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rouses-prospective" }, { "id": "annison-effective-date", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. v. Annison", "citation": "Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. v. Annison, 391 So. 3d 1089 (La. Ct. App. 2024).", "url": "https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/la-court-of-appeal/116265798.html", "proposition": "Gallagher v. Annison supports that where a prospective employee's agreement sets an effective date equal to the first day of employment, the employment relationship exists as of that date, distinguishing Rouses.", "verbatimQuote": "But Annison and Cates expressly agreed with Gallagher that the effective date of their employment agreements was the date each commenced their respective employment.", "date": "2024-06-13", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-annison-effective-date" }, { "id": "cellone-continued-employment", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Cellular One, Inc. v. Boyd", "citation": "Cellular One, Inc. v. Boyd, 653 So. 2d 30 (La. Ct. App. 1995).", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1154814/cellular-one-inc-v-boyd/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1154814/cellular-one-inc-v-boyd/#:~:text=Defendants%20signed%20these%20agreements%20as,condition%20of%20their%20continued%20employment.", "proposition": "Cellular One supports that a Louisiana non-compete may be supported by continued employment, where the covenant was signed as a condition of the employees' continued employment.", "verbatimQuote": "Defendants signed these agreements as a condition of their continued employment.", "date": "1995-03-03", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-cellone-continued-employment" } ] }, { "slug": "employee-nonsolicitation", "label": "Are anti-poaching clauses covered?", "heading": "Are employee non-solicitation (anti-poaching) clauses governed by La. R.S. 23:921?", "answerText": "No, but they still need a durational limit. A 2024 Louisiana appellate decision held that an employee non-solicitation, or anti-poaching, clause is not governed by the non-compete statute, yet must be reasonable in scope and duration, and a clause with no end date can fail.", "sources": [ { "id": "farris-not-governed", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC v. Farris", "citation": "Brown & Root Indus. Servs., LLC v. Farris, 392 So. 3d 424 (La. Ct. App. 2024).", "url": "https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/la-court-of-appeal/116318576.html", "proposition": "Brown & Root v. Farris supports that an employee non-solicitation agreement is not governed by La. R.S. 23:921.", "verbatimQuote": "However, a contract by a former employee not to solicit employees of his former employer, like Promise Number 9, is not governed by La. R.S. 23:921.", "date": "2024-06-27", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-farris-not-governed" }, { "id": "farris-reasonable", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC v. Farris", "citation": "Brown & Root Indus. Servs., LLC v. Farris, 392 So. 3d 424 (La. Ct. App. 2024).", "url": "https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/la-court-of-appeal/116318576.html", "proposition": "Brown & Root v. Farris supports that an employee non-solicitation provision must still be reasonable in scope and duration.", "verbatimQuote": "Nevertheless, a review of the limited cases analyzing employee non-solicitation provisions reflects that courts have required that these non-solicitation provisions be reasonable in scope and duration, which we also find to be a necessary requirement and therefore applicable to our analysis of Promise Number 9.", "date": "2024-06-27", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-farris-reasonable" }, { "id": "farris-no-duration", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC v. Farris", "citation": "Brown & Root Indus. Servs., LLC v. Farris, 392 So. 3d 424 (La. Ct. App. 2024).", "url": "https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/la-court-of-appeal/116318576.html", "proposition": "Brown & Root v. Farris supports that the employee non-solicitation clause was unenforceable because the agreement set no durational limit.", "verbatimQuote": "In fact, the entire Agreement is devoid of any language, wording, or indication as to the duration of the terms of the contract.", "date": "2024-06-27", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-farris-no-duration" } ] }, { "slug": "choice-of-law", "label": "Can an out-of-state law clause avoid this?", "heading": "Can an out-of-state choice-of-law or forum clause sidestep Louisiana non-compete law?", "answerText": "No. A choice-of-forum or choice-of-law clause in a Louisiana employee's contract is null and void unless the employee ratifies it after the dispute has already arisen.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-23921-a2", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(A)(2).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(A)(2) supports that a choice-of-forum or choice-of-law clause in a Louisiana employee's contract is null and void unless ratified by the employee after the incident giving rise to the action.", "verbatimQuote": "(2) The provisions of every employment contract or agreement, or provisions thereof, by which any foreign or domestic employer or any other person or entity includes a choice of forum clause or choice of law clause in an employee's contract of employment or collective bargaining agreement, or attempts to enforce either a choice of forum clause or choice of law clause in any civil or administrative action involving an employee, shall be null and void except where the choice of forum clause or choice of law clause is expressly, knowingly, and voluntarily agreed to and ratified by the employee after the occurrence of the incident which is the subject of the civil or administrative action.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-a2" } ] }, { "slug": "physician-noncompetes", "label": "What rules apply to physicians?", "heading": "Do special rules apply to Louisiana physician non-competes?", "answerText": "Yes, since 2025. A physician non-compete now runs from the date the contract is signed, not from termination, and it is capped at three years for primary care physicians and five years for other physicians.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-23921-m", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(M)(1).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(M) supports that a non-compete restraining a primary care physician may not exceed three years from the effective date of the initial contract.", "verbatimQuote": "Any provision in a contract or agreement which restrains a primary care physician from practicing medicine shall not exceed three years from the effective date of the initial contract or agreement.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-m" }, { "id": "rs-23921-n", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(N)(1).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(N) supports that a non-compete restraining a physician other than a primary care physician may not exceed five years from the effective date of the initial contract.", "verbatimQuote": "For any physician other than a primary care physician as defined in Subsection M of this Section, any provision in a contract or agreement which restrains the physician from practicing medicine shall not exceed five years from the effective date of the initial contract or agreement.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-n" } ] }, { "slug": "profession-carveouts", "label": "Which professions have carve-outs?", "heading": "Which Louisiana professions have their own non-compete carve-outs?", "answerText": "Several. Automobile salesmen cannot be subject to a non-compete at all, real estate licensees get a three-day rescission right, and as of August 1, 2026, interns and apprentices are protected by a new statutory ban.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-23921-i", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(I)(1).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(I) supports that there can be no non-compete between an automobile salesman and his employer restraining him from selling automobiles.", "verbatimQuote": "There shall be no contract or agreement or provision entered into by an automobile salesman and his employer restraining him from selling automobiles.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-i" }, { "id": "rs-37-1448", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 37:1448.1", "citation": "La. R.S. 37:1448.1(A).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=93285", "proposition": "La. R.S. 37:1448.1 supports that a real estate broker-licensee non-compete is an absolute nullity unless the licensee has a right to rescind through midnight of the third business day.", "verbatimQuote": "A non-compete agreement between a real estate broker and licensee which requires the licensee to refrain from carrying on or engaging in a business similar to that of the real estate broker or from soliciting customers of the real estate broker within a specified parish or parishes, municipality or municipalities, or parts thereof, so long as the real estate broker carries on a like business therein, for any period of time up to two years, shall be unenforceable and an absolute nullity unless the licensee shall have the right to rescind the non-compete agreement until midnight of the third business day following the execution of the non-compete agreement or the delivery of the agreement to the licensee, whichever is later.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-37-1448" }, { "id": "act150-intern", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. Acts 2026, No. 150 (H.B. 315)", "citation": "La. Acts 2026, No. 150 (enacting La. R.S. 23:921(P)), eff. Aug. 1, 2026.", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1475140", "proposition": "La. Acts 2026, No. 150, enacting La. R.S. 23:921(P), supports that there can be no non-compete restraining an intern, whether paid or unpaid, or an apprentice. The Act is effective August 1, 2026 per the legislature's enactment record.", "verbatimQuote": "There shall be no contract or agreement or provision entered into by an intern, whether paid or unpaid, or apprentice and his employer restraining the intern or apprentice from engaging in a business or an employment similar to that of the employer.", "date": "2026-06-01", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-act150-intern" } ] }, { "slug": "sale-of-business", "label": "How are sale-of-business covenants treated?", "heading": "How are Louisiana sale-of-business covenants treated?", "answerText": "Under the same statute, on a separate track. The buyer of a business's goodwill may restrain the seller from competing within named parishes for up to two years from the sale.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-23921-b", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(B).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(B) supports that the buyer of a business's goodwill may restrain the seller from competing within named parishes for up to two years from the date of sale.", "verbatimQuote": "Any person, including a corporation and the individual shareholders of such corporation, who sells the goodwill of a business may agree with the buyer that the seller or other interested party in the transaction, will refrain from carrying on or engaging in a business similar to the business being sold or from soliciting customers of the business being sold within a specified parish or parishes, or municipality or municipalities, or parts thereof, so long as the buyer, or any person deriving title to the goodwill from him, carries on a like business therein, not to exceed a period of two years from the date of sale.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-23921-b" } ] }, { "slug": "trade-secrets", "label": "Are trade-secret tools available?", "heading": "Are trade-secret and confidentiality protections available in Louisiana?", "answerText": "Yes. The Louisiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act allows a court to enjoin actual or threatened misappropriation, and a confidentiality agreement remains available because it does not restrain a person from working.", "sources": [ { "id": "rs-51-1432", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 51:1432", "citation": "La. R.S. 51:1432(A).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=104049", "proposition": "La. R.S. 51:1432 supports that, under the Louisiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act, actual or threatened misappropriation of a trade secret may be enjoined.", "verbatimQuote": "Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-rs-51-1432" }, { "id": "q11-rs-23921-a1", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "La. R.S. 23:921", "citation": "La. R.S. 23:921(A)(1).", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=84015", "proposition": "La. R.S. 23:921(A)(1) supports that an agreement restraining a lawful profession, trade, or business is null and void except as the statute provides, the rule a disguised-non-compete confidentiality clause would trigger.", "verbatimQuote": "Every contract or agreement, or provision thereof, by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind, except as provided in this Section, shall be null and void.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/louisiana#src-q11-rs-23921-a1" } ] } ] } }