A friend of mine signed a noncompete clause in Florida that covers 1/4 of the United States for 2years after termination. The companies reason for this was because there are only about 8 other companies in the entire US that compete with their business. My friend left the company for safety reasons and drug use. He notified the company of the problems numerous times and had documentation to back it up. He has sinced moved out of state and is working in the same field. The company took him to court and won based on 2 "legitimate business interests". However, the 2 "interests" that they listed are incorrect. One reason was because they said they were the only company operating in that 1/4 of the US, which is false. The other reason was because they spent time and money to teach him a specialty when in fact he already had prior training in that specialty, it was just under a different name. He hasn't even used this specialty and has no intention of using it anyways. I also don't see why the time of 2 years and distance of 1/4 of the US wasn't seen as "unreasonable, overlong, or overbroad." Obviously I disagree with this judgement, but my question is whether or not it can be enforced out of state.