Fact-check: “In the US it is difficult in most states to enforce a covenant not to compete”
Verdict: Misleading (72% confidence)
The claim overstates enforcement difficulty. As of 2026, four states ban non-competes outright and 34 states plus DC restrict them in some way, but restriction is not the same as near-impossibility — in most states, courts do enforce non-competes when they are narrowly tailored on duration, geography, and scope. A significant bloc of populous states (Florida, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan) actively enforces them under a reasonableness test, with Florida's 2025 CHOICE Act creating a presumption…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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