Lucky for those people, California exists! Noncompetes can’t be enforced here, and amazingly, this applies even if the employee entered into the agreement before they came to California:

https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/california-reache...

> amazingly, this applies even if the employee entered into the agreement before they came to California

Has this been tested? Why would an Oregon court care about what a California law says it can and cannot do?

What makes Oregon think it can enforce its law across state lines ?

> What makes Oregon think it can enforce its law across state lines ?

It’s absolutely possible to be a fugitive in one state from another. It’s also typically quite expensive and stressful.

If I were on the other side of this fight, I’d use the opponent’s absence from Oregon courts to get civil judgements in my favour and then use the federal credit system to collect.

But this is not a criminal matter

Absent any superseding federal law, a contract with unenforceable clauses in California is not going to be enforceable in California.

Since the breach of contract occurred in California, the claimant would have have legal standing

Mean to say "claimant would not have legal standing"

In general you should ignore non competes but you should not divulge previous employers proprietary knowledge. No state will enforce a non compete if it means the person would be unemployed. The judge will laugh you out of the courtroom.