My new employer wants me to sign a non-compete that blocks me from working in the entire tech industry for five years. Can they actually enforce that?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
My new employer wants me to sign a non-compete that blocks me from working in the entire tech industry for five years. Can they actually enforce that?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Illinois noncompete law 2026 enforceability salary threshold legitimate business interest duration geographic scope Freedom to Work ActGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Illinois noncompete agreement five years entire industry enforceability choice of law employee official statute 820 ILCS 90Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
FTC noncompete rule current status 2026 court vacated nationwideGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Illinois noncompete law 2026 enforceability salary threshold legitimate business interest duration geographic scope Freedom to Work Act Google ↗
Illinois noncompete agreement five years entire industry enforceability choice of law employee official statute 820 ILCS 90 Google ↗
FTC noncompete rule current status 2026 court vacated nationwide Google ↗
- Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes · ilga.gov
- 820 ILCS 90/10 · ilga.gov
- Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes · my.ilga.gov
- reginfo.gov · reginfo.gov
- Noncompete Rule · ftc.gov
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Illinois noncompete law 2026 enforceability salary threshold legitimate business interest duration geographic scope Freedom to Work Act OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Illinois noncompete agreement five years entire industry enforceability choice of law employee official statute 820 ILCS 90 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
FTC noncompete rule current status 2026 court vacated nationwide OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 |