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Stat. § 1-23-108 (2025) (SF 107)", "exceptions": "Four carve-outs: sale-of-business; trade-secret protection; tenure-capped relocation/education/training repayment; executive and management personnel. Separate physician-to-physician practice ban.", "banEffectiveDate": "July 1, 2025 (prospective only; signed Mar 19, 2025)", "courtNarrowing": "no", "appliesToContractors": "yes", "extendedForBreach": "Not addressed", "maxLength": "No statutory limit", "noticeRequirement": "None", "incomeThreshold": "None", "saleOfBusiness": "Allowed carve-out", "customerNonSolicit": "No express exception; unresolved if labor restriction", "employeeNonSolicit": "No express exception; unresolved if labor restriction" }, "about": [ "Wyoming non-compete agreements", "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108", "Wyoming employee restrictive covenants", "Wyoming physician non-competes", "Wyoming non-solicitation agreements" ], "translations": [ { "language": "中文", "status": "planned" }, { "language": "Español", "status": "planned" }, { "language": "Português", "status": "planned" }, { "language": "Deutsch", "status": "planned" } ], "relatedForm": { "slug": "openagreements-restrictive-covenant-wyoming" } }, "questions": [ { "slug": "employee-non-compete-enforceability", "label": "Are employee non-competes enforceable?", "heading": "Are employee non-compete agreements enforceable in Wyoming?", "answerText": "For contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2025, usually no. Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a) voids most labor non-competes unless the covenant fits a statutory exception.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-voids-labor-noncompetes", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a) (2025) (SF 107, Enrolled Act No. 87).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a) supports the rule that most labor non-competes are void unless an enumerated exception applies.", "verbatimQuote": "Any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor shall be void.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-voids-labor-noncompetes" }, { "id": "ogletree-broad-ban", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Ogletree Deakins commentary", "citation": "Ogletree Deakins, Wyoming Enacts Law to Restrict the Use of Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/wyoming-enacts-law-to-restrict-the-use-of-noncompete-agreements/", "proposition": "Ogletree supports the broad-ban framing and the July 1, 2025 effective date.", "verbatimQuote": "Wyoming enacted legislation that will void noncompete agreements with employees with limited exceptions.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-ogletree-broad-ban" }, { "id": "faegre-broad-restriction", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Faegre Drinker commentary", "citation": "Faegre Drinker, Wyoming Enacts Significant Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2025/3/wyoming-enacts-significant-restrictions-on-noncompete-agreements", "proposition": "Faegre Drinker supports the statement that the statutory ban has four carveouts.", "verbatimQuote": "The law prohibits any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor unless it falls under one of four statutory exceptions", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-faegre-broad-restriction" }, { "id": "littler-broad-ban", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Littler Mendelson commentary", "citation": "Littler Mendelson, Wyoming Bans Non-Compete Covenants with Some Exceptions (2025).", "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/wyoming-bans-non-compete-covenants-some-exceptions", "proposition": "Littler supports treating routine post-employment non-competes as generally void after the effective date unless an exception applies.", "verbatimQuote": "New Wyoming law voids most non-compete agreements.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-littler-broad-ban" }, { "id": "fisher-shift-from-permissive", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the broad shift from Wyoming's pre-statute practice.", "verbatimQuote": "Wyoming's sweeping prohibition marks a clear departure from the state's previous permissive approach to non-compete agreements.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-shift-from-permissive" }, { "id": "holland-uphill-battle", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Holland & Hart commentary", "citation": "Holland & Hart, Wyoming Legislature Takes a Bite Out of Covenants Not to Compete (2025).", "url": "https://www.hollandhart.com/wyoming-legislature-takes-a-bite-out-of-covenants-not-to-compete-1", "proposition": "Holland & Hart supports the employer-side caution that even exceptions do not make enforcement automatic.", "verbatimQuote": "Employers still have an uphill battle to enforce a covenant not to compete in court.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-holland-uphill-battle" }, { "id": "sf107-prospective-savings", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "SF 107 § 2(b)", "citation": "S.F. 107, Enrolled Act No. 87, § 2(b), 68th Leg., Gen. Sess. (Wyo. 2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "SF 107 § 2(b) supports the prospective-only treatment of contracts entered into before July 1, 2025.", "verbatimQuote": "Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter, amend or impair any contract or agreement entered into before July 1, 2025.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-sf107-prospective-savings" }, { "id": "malave-reasonableness-baseline", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc.", "citation": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc., 2022 WY 14, 503 P.3d 36.", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html", "deepLink": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html#:~:text=A%20valid%20and%20enforceable%20covenant,(5)%20not%20against%20public%20policy.", "proposition": "Malave supports the traditional Wyoming common-law enforceability elements for non-competes.", "verbatimQuote": "A valid and enforceable covenant not to compete requires a showing that the covenant is: (1) in writing; (2) part of a contract of employment; (3) based on reasonable consideration; (4) reasonable in durational and geographical limitations; and (5) not against public policy.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-malave-reasonableness-baseline" }, { "id": "brown-strict-construction-baseline", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=Contracts%20which%20hinder%20them%20from,reasonable%20protection%20of%20the%20employer.%22", "proposition": "Brown supports strict construction and the employer's burden to justify a restraint.", "verbatimQuote": "Contracts which hinder them from doing so are \"strictly construed and rigidly scanned and are declared void unless necessary for the reasonable protection of the employer.\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-strict-construction-baseline" } ] }, { "slug": "pre-2025-agreements", "label": "What law governs covenants the 2025 statute doesn't void?", "heading": "What law governs Wyoming non-compete covenants the 2025 statute does not void?", "answerText": "Wyoming common law governs them, applying the same demanding reasonableness baseline that predated the statute. Two cohorts fall outside the statutory void: agreements entered into before July 1, 2025, which the act does not alter, and non-compete covenants that fit a statutory exception.", "sources": [ { "id": "sf107-savings-clause", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "SF 107 § 2(b)", "citation": "S.F. 107, Enrolled Act No. 87, § 2(b), 68th Leg., Gen. Sess. (Wyo. 2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "SF 107 § 2(b) supports the prospective-only treatment of contracts entered into before July 1, 2025.", "verbatimQuote": "Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter, amend or impair any contract or agreement entered into before July 1, 2025.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-sf107-savings-clause" }, { "id": "malave-five-elements", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc.", "citation": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc., 2022 WY 14, 503 P.3d 36.", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html", "deepLink": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html#:~:text=A%20valid%20and%20enforceable%20covenant,(5)%20not%20against%20public%20policy.", "proposition": "Malave supports the traditional Wyoming common-law enforceability elements for non-competes.", "verbatimQuote": "A valid and enforceable covenant not to compete requires a showing that the covenant is: (1) in writing; (2) part of a contract of employment; (3) based on reasonable consideration; (4) reasonable in durational and geographical limitations; and (5) not against public policy.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-malave-five-elements" }, { "id": "brown-strict-construction", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=Contracts%20which%20hinder%20them%20from,reasonable%20protection%20of%20the%20employer.%22", "proposition": "Brown supports strict construction and the employer's burden to justify a restraint.", "verbatimQuote": "Contracts which hinder them from doing so are \"strictly construed and rigidly scanned and are declared void unless necessary for the reasonable protection of the employer.\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-strict-construction" }, { "id": "brown-separate-consideration", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=when%20an%20employer%20requests%20an,consideration%22%20for%20the%20new%20promise", "proposition": "Brown supports the separate-consideration rule for post-hire Wyoming non-competes.", "verbatimQuote": "when an employer requests an existing employee sign a non-compete agreement, the employer must provide \"separate contemporaneous consideration\" for the new promise", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-separate-consideration" } ] }, { "slug": "post-hire-consideration", "label": "Is separate consideration required for a non-compete signed after hire?", "heading": "Does Wyoming require separate consideration for a non-compete signed after hire?", "answerText": "Yes, for any covenant that falls outside the 2025 statutory void. When an employer asks someone who is already employed to sign a non-compete, Wyoming common law requires separate, contemporaneous consideration for the new promise — continued at-will employment, by itself, is not enough.", "sources": [ { "id": "brown-post-hire-consideration", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=when%20an%20employer%20requests%20an,consideration%22%20for%20the%20new%20promise", "proposition": "Brown supports the separate-consideration rule for post-hire Wyoming non-competes.", "verbatimQuote": "when an employer requests an existing employee sign a non-compete agreement, the employer must provide \"separate contemporaneous consideration\" for the new promise", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-post-hire-consideration" }, { "id": "brown-post-hire-strict-construction", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=Contracts%20which%20hinder%20them%20from,reasonable%20protection%20of%20the%20employer.%22", "proposition": "Brown supports strict construction and the employer's burden to justify a restraint.", "verbatimQuote": "Contracts which hinder them from doing so are \"strictly construed and rigidly scanned and are declared void unless necessary for the reasonable protection of the employer.\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-post-hire-strict-construction" } ] }, { "slug": "independent-contractors", "label": "Does the ban apply to independent contractors?", "heading": "Does Wyoming's non-compete ban apply to independent contractors?", "answerText": "Likely yes under the dominant 2025 law-firm commentary, but that is still an interpretation rather than a Wyoming appellate holding.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-any-person", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "The statute uses 'any person,' not only 'employee,' which supports the independent-contractor reading.", "verbatimQuote": "Any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor shall be void.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-any-person" }, { "id": "littler-any-status", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Littler Mendelson commentary", "citation": "Littler Mendelson, Wyoming Bans Non-Compete Covenants with Some Exceptions (2025).", "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/wyoming-bans-non-compete-covenants-some-exceptions", "proposition": "Littler supports the reading that the Act can reach workers regardless of status.", "verbatimQuote": "The Act contains language broad enough to make most non-compete covenants with workers void regardless of a worker's status as an employee or an independent contractor", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-littler-any-status" }, { "id": "faegre-includes-contractors", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Faegre Drinker commentary", "citation": "Faegre Drinker, Wyoming Enacts Significant Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2025/3/wyoming-enacts-significant-restrictions-on-noncompete-agreements", "proposition": "Faegre Drinker supports the conclusion that 'any person' includes employees and independent contractors.", "verbatimQuote": "Given that the law applies this restriction to agreements with any \"person,\" this bans noncompete agreements with both employees and independent contractors", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-faegre-includes-contractors" }, { "id": "fisher-colorado-any-person", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the comparison to Colorado-style language and the broad application to 'any person.'", "verbatimQuote": "any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-colorado-any-person" } ] }, { "slug": "court-narrowing", "label": "Can a court narrow an overbroad covenant?", "heading": "Can a Wyoming court narrow an overbroad non-compete?", "answerText": "No. The Wyoming Supreme Court will not rewrite an overbroad covenant to bring it within the bounds of reason.", "sources": [ { "id": "hassler-no-blue-pencil", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Hassler v. Circle C Resources", "citation": "Hassler v. Circle C Resources, 2022 WY 28, 505 P.3d 169.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998701/charlene-hassler-v-circle-c-resources/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998701/charlene-hassler-v-circle-c-resources/#:~:text=Wyoming%20courts%20will%20no%20longer,within%20the%20bounds%20of%20reason.", "proposition": "Hassler supports the rule against judicial narrowing and the consequence that the overbroad agreement was void.", "verbatimQuote": "Wyoming courts will no longer exceed the scope of their traditional authority in contract interpretation by redrafting noncompete agreements to bring them within the bounds of reason.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-hassler-no-blue-pencil" }, { "id": "holland-blue-pencil-warning", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Holland & Hart commentary", "citation": "Holland & Hart, Wyoming Legislature Takes a Bite Out of Covenants Not to Compete (2025).", "url": "https://www.hollandhart.com/wyoming-legislature-takes-a-bite-out-of-covenants-not-to-compete-1", "proposition": "Holland & Hart supports the practical employer-side warning that drafting overbreadth remains risky even inside exceptions.", "verbatimQuote": "Since a 2022 Wyoming Supreme Court decision, Wyoming courts are no longer authorized to revise an unreasonable covenant to make it reasonable.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-holland-blue-pencil-warning" } ] }, { "slug": "available-restrictions", "label": "What restrictions remain available?", "heading": "What non-compete restrictions are still allowed in Wyoming after July 1, 2025?", "answerText": "Four categories remain in play: sale-of-business covenants, trade-secret covenants, capped repayment provisions, and covenants with executive and management personnel and their professional staff.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-four-carveouts", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(i)–(iii)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(i)–(iii) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(i)–(iii) supports the first three statutory carveouts — sale of a business, trade-secret protection, and capped expense recovery.", "verbatimQuote": "This subsection shall not apply to: (i) Any covenant not to compete contained in a contract for the purchase and sale of a business or the assets of a business; (ii) Any covenant not to compete to the extent the covenant provides for the protection of trade secrets as defined by W.S. 6-3-501(a)(xi); (iii) Any contractual provision providing for the recovery of all or a portion of the expense of relocating, educating and training an employee as follows: (A) Recovery of not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for a period of less than two (2) years;", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-four-carveouts" }, { "id": "wyo-1-23-carveout-exec", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iv)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iv) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iv) supports the fourth statutory carveout for executive and management personnel and their professional staff.", "verbatimQuote": "Executive and management personnel and officers and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-carveout-exec" }, { "id": "holland-options-remain", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Holland & Hart commentary", "citation": "Holland & Hart, Wyoming Legislature Takes a Bite Out of Covenants Not to Compete (2025).", "url": "https://www.hollandhart.com/wyoming-legislature-takes-a-bite-out-of-covenants-not-to-compete-1", "proposition": "Holland & Hart supports the caution that employers still need reasonable scope and a legitimate business fit.", "verbatimQuote": "the new law leaves Wyoming businesses with a few options to continue to use those covenants, employers need to move quickly", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-holland-options-remain" }, { "id": "littler-trade-secret-unsettled", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Littler Mendelson commentary", "citation": "Littler Mendelson, Wyoming Bans Non-Compete Covenants with Some Exceptions (2025).", "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/wyoming-bans-non-compete-covenants-some-exceptions", "proposition": "Littler supports the caution that the practical breadth of the trade-secret exception remains uncertain.", "verbatimQuote": "How expansive the trade secret exception will turn out to be waits to be seen.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-littler-trade-secret-unsettled" } ] }, { "slug": "customer-nonsolicits", "label": "Are customer non-solicits enforceable?", "heading": "Are customer non-solicitation agreements enforceable in Wyoming?", "answerText": "Unclear. The safer Wyoming-specific answer is not always valid or always void; it depends on whether the covenant functions like a prohibited non-compete.", "sources": [ { "id": "brownstein-nonsolicits-unaffected", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck commentary", "citation": "Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Wyoming Adopts Statutory Limits for Noncompetes (2025).", "url": "https://www.bhfs.com/insight/wyoming-adopts-statutory-limits-for-noncompetes/", "proposition": "Brownstein supports the employer-friendly view that non-solicitation and non-recruitment restrictions are not affected.", "verbatimQuote": "However, non-solicitation, non-recruitment and confidentiality restrictions remain unaffected.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brownstein-nonsolicits-unaffected" }, { "id": "fisher-classification-question", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the caution that customer non-solicits may need judicial classification under the new statute.", "verbatimQuote": "What is not clear, however, is whether other common forms of restrictive covenants will likewise be interpreted to constitute \"covenants not to compete.\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-classification-question" } ] }, { "slug": "employee-nonsolicits", "label": "Are employee non-solicits enforceable?", "heading": "Are employee non-solicitation agreements enforceable in Wyoming?", "answerText": "Not clearly. Wyoming's statute does not create an express employee non-solicit exception.", "sources": [ { "id": "littler-no-nonsolicit-carveout", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Littler Mendelson commentary", "citation": "Littler Mendelson, Wyoming Bans Non-Compete Covenants with Some Exceptions (2025).", "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/wyoming-bans-non-compete-covenants-some-exceptions", "proposition": "Littler supports the point that the Act does not include an express non-solicit carveout and that the omission leaves uncertainty.", "verbatimQuote": "Noticeably absent are any express exceptions for non-solicit restrictions such as covenants prohibiting the solicitation of customers or the solicitation of other employees", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-littler-no-nonsolicit-carveout" }, { "id": "fisher-adjacent-restraints", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the broader caution for customer, employee, confidentiality, and anti-moonlighting provisions.", "verbatimQuote": "What is not clear, however, is whether other common forms of restrictive covenants will likewise be interpreted to constitute \"covenants not to compete.\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-adjacent-restraints" } ] }, { "slug": "confidentiality-ndas", "label": "Are confidentiality agreements or NDAs enforceable?", "heading": "Are confidentiality agreements or NDAs enforceable if they function like a Wyoming non-compete?", "answerText": "Ordinary confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements are more likely to remain enforceable, but broad clauses that operate like a work restriction are riskier.", "sources": [ { "id": "brownstein-nda-unaffected", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck commentary", "citation": "Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Wyoming Adopts Statutory Limits for Noncompetes (2025).", "url": "https://www.bhfs.com/insight/wyoming-adopts-statutory-limits-for-noncompetes/", "proposition": "Brownstein supports the more employer-friendly view that nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements are not affected by the statute.", "verbatimQuote": "However, non-solicitation, non-recruitment and confidentiality restrictions remain unaffected.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brownstein-nda-unaffected" }, { "id": "fisher-nda-question", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the caution that broad confidentiality provisions may be litigated as covered restraints.", "verbatimQuote": "What is not clear, however, is whether other common forms of restrictive covenants will likewise be interpreted to constitute \"covenants not to compete.\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-nda-question" } ] }, { "slug": "executives-managers", "label": "Can executives or managers be bound?", "heading": "Can Wyoming employers bind executives or managers to non-competes under the statutory exception?", "answerText": "Possibly, but the exception is not self-defining. Wyoming allows covenants with executive and management personnel and their professional staff, but the statute does not define those terms.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-exec-staff", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iv)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iv) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iv) supports the existence of the executive, management, and professional-staff exception.", "verbatimQuote": "Executive and management personnel and officers and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-exec-staff" }, { "id": "faegre-exec-undefined", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Faegre Drinker commentary", "citation": "Faegre Drinker, Wyoming Enacts Significant Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2025/3/wyoming-enacts-significant-restrictions-on-noncompete-agreements", "proposition": "Faegre Drinker supports the point that the terms are undefined and the exception's scope remains open.", "verbatimQuote": "The statute does not define the terms \"executive and personnel management\" or \"professional staff,\" so which specific employees would qualify for this exemption is an open question", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-faegre-exec-undefined" }, { "id": "fisher-actual-duties", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the Colorado analogy and the focus on actual duties.", "verbatimQuote": "This analysis should focus on actual job responsibilities – not just job titles.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-actual-duties" }, { "id": "holland-colorado-analogy", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Holland & Hart commentary", "citation": "Holland & Hart, Wyoming Legislature Takes a Bite Out of Covenants Not to Compete (2025).", "url": "https://www.hollandhart.com/wyoming-legislature-takes-a-bite-out-of-covenants-not-to-compete-1", "proposition": "Holland & Hart supports using Colorado cases as nonbinding guidance and preserving a reasonableness analysis.", "verbatimQuote": "Whether Wyoming courts will follow those definitions remains to be seen.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-holland-colorado-analogy" } ] }, { "slug": "physicians", "label": "Can a physician be stopped from practicing?", "heading": "Can a Wyoming non-compete prevent a physician from practicing medicine?", "answerText": "For physician-to-physician agreements covered by the statutory text, no. Wyoming separately voids a physician non-compete that restricts the right to practice medicine after termination.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-physician-bc", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(b)–(c)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(b)–(c) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(b)–(c) supports the physician practice restriction rule and the rare-disorder patient contact rule.", "verbatimQuote": "Any covenant not to compete provision of an employment, partnership or corporate agreement between physicians that restricts the right of a physician to practice medicine", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-physician-bc" }, { "id": "wyo-1-23-between-physicians", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(b)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(b) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "The phrase \"between physicians\" supports the open statutory question for hospital or non-physician-entity contracts.", "verbatimQuote": "Any covenant not to compete provision of an employment, partnership or corporate agreement between physicians", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-between-physicians" }, { "id": "littler-between-physicians", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Littler Mendelson commentary", "citation": "Littler Mendelson, Wyoming Bans Non-Compete Covenants with Some Exceptions (2025).", "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/wyoming-bans-non-compete-covenants-some-exceptions", "proposition": "Littler supports the caution that the \"between physicians\" phrase may not cover contracts between physicians and hospitals.", "verbatimQuote": "The language in this subparagraph suggests that the restriction only intends to limit non-compete provisions in contracts entered into \"between physicians,\"", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-littler-between-physicians" }, { "id": "holland-between-physicians", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Holland & Hart commentary", "citation": "Holland & Hart, Wyoming Legislature Takes a Bite Out of Covenants Not to Compete (2025).", "url": "https://www.hollandhart.com/wyoming-legislature-takes-a-bite-out-of-covenants-not-to-compete-1", "proposition": "Holland & Hart supports the same physician open-question caution from a Wyoming-focused employer perspective.", "verbatimQuote": "This language suggests that the law intends to invalidate covenants not to compete entered into between physicians who are members of or employed by a medical practice owned by physicians, and not those contracts with hospitals or other types of entities.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-holland-between-physicians" } ] }, { "slug": "anti-moonlighting", "label": "Are anti-moonlighting clauses risky?", "heading": "Are anti-moonlighting clauses risky under Wyoming's non-compete law?", "answerText": "Potentially. A narrow conflict-of-interest rule is different from a broad ban on outside work, but the statutory text creates risk for clauses that restrict compensation for labor.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-compensation-focus", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a) supports the statutory focus on restrictions on compensation for skilled or unskilled labor.", "verbatimQuote": "Any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor shall be void.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-compensation-focus" }, { "id": "fisher-anti-moonlighting", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Fisher Phillips commentary", "citation": "Fisher Phillips, New Law Voids Most Wyoming Non-Compete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/insights/insights/new-law-voids-most-wyoming-non-compete-agreements", "proposition": "Fisher Phillips supports the classification caution for anti-moonlighting clauses and other adjacent restraints.", "verbatimQuote": "For instance, will customer non-solicitation covenants fall into this definition? Employee non-solicitation covenants? Broad confidentiality agreements? \"Anti-moonlighting\" agreements", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-fisher-anti-moonlighting" } ] }, { "slug": "repayment-clauses", "label": "Can employers recover training expenses?", "heading": "Can Wyoming employers recover relocation, education, or training expenses from departing employees?", "answerText": "Yes, but only within the statutory schedule. The longer the employee stays, the less the employer can recover.", "sources": [ { "id": "wyo-1-23-repayment-schedule", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iii)(A)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iii)(A) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iii)(A) supports the categories of recoverable expense and the first repayment tier (up to 100% for under two years of service).", "verbatimQuote": "Any contractual provision providing for the recovery of all or a portion of the expense of relocating, educating and training an employee as follows: (A) Recovery of not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for a period of less than two (2) years;", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-repayment-schedule" }, { "id": "wyo-1-23-repayment-schedule-bc", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iii)(B)–(C)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iii)(B)–(C) (2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108(a)(iii)(B)–(C) supports the remaining two repayment tiers (66% after two years, 33% after three years), completing the tenure-capped schedule.", "verbatimQuote": "(B) Recovery of not more than sixty-six percent (66%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for between two (2) and less than three (3) years; (C) Recovery of not more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for between three (3) and less than four (4) years.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-wyo-1-23-repayment-schedule-bc" }, { "id": "ogletree-repayment-tier", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Ogletree Deakins commentary", "citation": "Ogletree Deakins, Wyoming Enacts Law to Restrict the Use of Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/wyoming-enacts-law-to-restrict-the-use-of-noncompete-agreements/", "proposition": "Ogletree supports the same tiered repayment schedule in employer-facing commentary.", "verbatimQuote": "The law permits employers to include provisions in employment contracts allowing them to recover relocation, education, and training expenses", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-ogletree-repayment-tier" }, { "id": "faegre-repayment-tier", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Faegre Drinker commentary", "citation": "Faegre Drinker, Wyoming Enacts Significant Restrictions on Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2025/3/wyoming-enacts-significant-restrictions-on-noncompete-agreements", "proposition": "Faegre Drinker supports the repayment exception and the need to update templates for compliance.", "verbatimQuote": "Recovery of not more than 100% of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for a period of less than two years.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-faegre-repayment-tier" } ] }, { "slug": "template-updates", "label": "Should employers update or re-review templates?", "heading": "Should employers update or re-review Wyoming restrictive covenant templates after July 1, 2025?", "answerText": "Probably yes — and at least re-review. Any form that contains a non-compete outside a statutory exception should be updated, while a form with no non-compete may already conform; either way the new statute turns unreviewed template rollover into a legal risk point, especially where an older covenant might have remained enforceable under common law.", "sources": [ { "id": "ogletree-review-revise", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Ogletree Deakins commentary", "citation": "Ogletree Deakins, Wyoming Enacts Law to Restrict the Use of Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/wyoming-enacts-law-to-restrict-the-use-of-noncompete-agreements/", "proposition": "Ogletree supports employer review and revision of restrictive covenant practices after the new law.", "verbatimQuote": "Employers using noncompete agreements may want to consider whether those provisions are being applied in one of the specifically enumerated exceptions.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-ogletree-review-revise" }, { "id": "littler-rollover-warning", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Littler Mendelson commentary", "citation": "Littler Mendelson, Wyoming Bans Non-Compete Covenants with Some Exceptions (2025).", "url": "https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/wyoming-bans-non-compete-covenants-some-exceptions", "proposition": "Littler supports the rollover-warning point for routine agreement updates after the effective date.", "verbatimQuote": "Employers in Wyoming will need to evaluate routine replacement or updating programs that put a new non-compete agreement in place", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-littler-rollover-warning" }, { "id": "holland-amend-not-replace", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Holland & Hart commentary", "citation": "Holland & Hart, Wyoming Legislature Takes a Bite Out of Covenants Not to Compete (2025).", "url": "https://www.hollandhart.com/wyoming-legislature-takes-a-bite-out-of-covenants-not-to-compete-1", "proposition": "Holland & Hart supports amending or renewing an existing covenant rather than replacing it, to preserve pre-July-1-2025 grandfathered status.", "verbatimQuote": "consider whether those agreements have terms that permit you to renew or amend the agreements without entering into an entirely new agreement.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-holland-amend-not-replace" }, { "id": "brown-baseline", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=Continued%20employment%20is%20not%20sufficient,to%20support%20a%20non%2Dcompete%20agreement.", "proposition": "Brown supports the strict-construction and separate-consideration baseline for pre-2025 covenants.", "verbatimQuote": "Continued employment is not sufficient consideration to support a non-compete agreement.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-baseline" }, { "id": "malave-baseline", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc.", "citation": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc., 2022 WY 14, 503 P.3d 36.", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html", "deepLink": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html#:~:text=A%20valid%20and%20enforceable%20covenant,(5)%20not%20against%20public%20policy.", "proposition": "Malave supports the five-element common-law test.", "verbatimQuote": "A valid and enforceable covenant not to compete requires a showing that the covenant is: (1) in writing; (2) part of a contract of employment; (3) based on reasonable consideration; (4) reasonable in durational and geographical limitations; and (5) not against public policy.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-malave-baseline" }, { "id": "hassler-baseline", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Hassler v. Circle C Resources", "citation": "Hassler v. Circle C Resources, 2022 WY 28, 505 P.3d 169.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998701/charlene-hassler-v-circle-c-resources/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998701/charlene-hassler-v-circle-c-resources/#:~:text=By%20rejecting%20the%20liberal%20blue,restraints%20into%20their%20employment%20contracts", "proposition": "Hassler supports the drafting risk created by Wyoming's refusal to narrow overbroad covenants.", "verbatimQuote": "By rejecting the liberal blue pencil rule, we encourage employers to incorporate only reasonable trade restraints into their employment contracts", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-hassler-baseline" } ] }, { "slug": "recent-developments", "label": "What recent developments changed the law?", "heading": "What recent developments changed Wyoming non-compete law?", "answerText": "Wyoming moved from a mostly common-law regime to a broad prospective statutory ban with enumerated exceptions.", "sources": [ { "id": "sf107-effective-date", "authorityType": "primary-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "SF 107 §§ 1–3", "citation": "S.F. 107, Enrolled Act No. 87, §§ 1–3, 68th Leg., Gen. Sess. (Wyo. 2025).", "url": "https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0107.pdf", "proposition": "SF 107 supports the creation of Wyo. Stat. § 1-23-108, the July 1, 2025 effective date, and prospective application.", "verbatimQuote": "This act shall apply to contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2025.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-sf107-effective-date" }, { "id": "ogletree-effective-date", "authorityType": "law-firm-commentary", "tier": "lawyer-judgment-backed", "title": "Ogletree Deakins commentary", "citation": "Ogletree Deakins, Wyoming Enacts Law to Restrict the Use of Noncompete Agreements (2025).", "url": "https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/wyoming-enacts-law-to-restrict-the-use-of-noncompete-agreements/", "proposition": "Ogletree supports the employer-facing summary of the effective date and new limits.", "verbatimQuote": "The new legislation, which will take effect on July 1, 2025, applies to contracts entered into on or after that date.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-ogletree-effective-date" }, { "id": "brown-consideration-backdrop", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC", "citation": "Brown v. Best Home Health & Hospice, LLC, 2021 WY 83, 491 P.3d 1021.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998787/jennifer-brown-fka-jennifer-stringer-nora-youngren-and-carol-wolfe-v/#:~:text=Continued%20employment%20is%20not%20sufficient,to%20support%20a%20non%2Dcompete%20agreement.", "proposition": "Brown supports the demanding consideration backdrop — continued employment alone is not enough to support a Wyoming non-compete.", "verbatimQuote": "Continued employment is not sufficient consideration to support a non-compete agreement.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-brown-consideration-backdrop" }, { "id": "malave-common-law-elements", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc.", "citation": "Malave v. Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc., 2022 WY 14, 503 P.3d 36.", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html", "deepLink": "https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2022/s-21-0140.html#:~:text=A%20valid%20and%20enforceable%20covenant,(5)%20not%20against%20public%20policy.", "proposition": "Malave supports the common-law elements for older covenants.", "verbatimQuote": "A valid and enforceable covenant not to compete requires a showing that the covenant is: (1) in writing; (2) part of a contract of employment; (3) based on reasonable consideration; (4) reasonable in durational and geographical limitations; and (5) not against public policy.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-malave-common-law-elements" }, { "id": "hassler-void-public-policy", "authorityType": "case-law", "tier": "primary-source-backed", "title": "Hassler v. Circle C Resources", "citation": "Hassler v. Circle C Resources, 2022 WY 28, 505 P.3d 169.", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998701/charlene-hassler-v-circle-c-resources/", "deepLink": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9998701/charlene-hassler-v-circle-c-resources/#:~:text=The%20entire%20agreement%20is%20void,in%20violation%20of%20public%20policy.", "proposition": "Hassler supports the rule against judicial narrowing that made drafting error more expensive before the statute.", "verbatimQuote": "The entire agreement is void in violation of public policy.", "anchor": "https://openagreements.org/practice-guides/non-compete/us/wyoming#src-hassler-void-public-policy" } ] } ] } }