[ghshephard]

"Jobs is trying to coerce a non-compete clause out of Colligan. To the best of my knowledge, that is just flat out illegal in California."

Non-compete clauses aren't enforceable, but I don't think agreeing to them, or requesting that you agree to them, is in violation of any State law. It certainly was the case that every severance agreement that I've ever signed had a non-compete clause - which I happily signed as I was aware it was completely unenforceable.

[OafTobark]

There are very rare instances where non-competes are enforceable but generally are more for founders than employees for anyone reading this.