Non-competition clause: The Court of Cassation holds that a compensation of the obligor when the clause is illegal is independent from the possibility or the impossibility for the obligor to have a competiting job (Toupargel)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Cass. soc., July 4, 2006, Mr. X... c/ société Toupargel, n° 04-46.261 – Cass. soc., July 12, 2006, Mr. X... c/ société La Halle, n° 04-47.687, n° 05-40.990 In the event of unlawfulness of a non-competition clause, the Court of Cassation considers that "compliance by the employee with an unlawful non-competition clause