Tyrell has a tax service and accounting business in Redwood City. He decides to move to Center City, which is 150 miles away and sells his accounting practice to Able and Baker, a CPA firm. In the sales contract, he agrees that he will refrain from practicing accounting anywhere within a 20-mile radius of Redwood City for a period of two years. However, on weekends he returns to his house in
Redwood City, and when clients call him, he meets with them in his home. The sales agreement:
A) is being violated by Tyrell.
B) is invalid, because it is an illegal restraint of trade.
C) is illegal, because it is a violation of public policy.
D) will be divided into an enforceable, valid portion and an unenforceable, invalid portion, which is the time provision, because the two-year period is too long.
A
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