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7 Belmont L. Rev. 1 (2019-2020)

handle is hein.journals/belmolre7 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLES AN ARGUMENT FOR RESTRICTING THE BLUE PENCIL DOCTRINE GRIFFIN TORONJO PIVATEAU* INTRODUCTION................2........... ................2 I. AN OVERVIEW OF THE NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT ............3 A. A Noncompetition Agreement Restricts Employee Mobility .. .3 B. The Enforcement of Noncompetition Agreements Varies........5 C. Enforcement Involves Weighing Policy Interests................7 D. A Reasonable Noncompetition Agreement Must Be Restricted.....................................13 E. Limitations.................................... 17 II. COURTS MAY USE THE BLUE PENCIL DOCTRINE TO MODIFY UNREASONABLE AGREEMENTS ....................21 A. Explaining the Blue Pencil Doctrine .................21 B. The No-Modification States .... ...................23 C. The Strict Blue Pencil States......................23 D. The Liberal Blue Pencil States ......................27 III. MANY STATE COURTS DISFAVOR THE BLUE PENCIL................28 IV. SOME STATE LEGISLATURES MANDATE THE USE OF THE BLUE PENCIL ............... 37 V. AN ARGUMENT FOR RESTRICTING THE BLUE PENCIL...............42 A. The Blue Pencil Harms Employees..................42 B. The Blue Pencil Creates Confusion..................44 C. The Blue Pencil Represents Bad Public Policy.... ......45 CONCLUSION ..................................... .....45 * Puterbaugh Professor of Legal Studies and Ethics in Business, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University. The author wishes to thank attendees at the 2018 Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference for their valuable feedback on the first draft of this article. The author also wishes to thank Peri H. Alkas for her continuing contributions. 1

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