37 CFR §11.506
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A practitioner shall not participate in offering or making:
- (a)A partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement that restricts the right of a practitioner to practice after termination of the relationship, except an agreement concerning benefits upon retirement; or
- (b)An agreement in which a restriction on the practitioner's right to practice is part of the settlement of a client controversy.