Court Restricts Ability of Sports Agency to Recoup Fees from Former Agents

A federal Judge from the Northern District of California has ruled that California state law protects the ability of sports agencies to enforce fee-sharing provisions in the contracts they have with sports agents, who have left the agency, when the provisions pertain to relationships the agents established with clients when they worked for the agency.   But California Business and Professions Code Section 16600, which voids provisions in "every contract by which anyone is restrained from en