Welcome to The Fordyce Letter:
On November 2, 2010 Georgia voters approved a stunning 180-degree change in their state Constitution. The one-sentence ballot measure (Amendment 1) was simple enough:
Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to make Georgia more competitive by authorizing legislation to uphold reasonable competitive agreements?
By voting “Yes”, a majority of Georgia voters upended the state’s strict prohibition against enforcement of employment agreement “non-competes.” In doing so, they breathed life into the Official Code of Georgia, Sections 13-8-2.1 and 13-8-50 to 59.
