De Havilland Law (original) (raw)

The De Havilland Law is the common name of De Haviland v. Warner Bros. Pictures, a published judicial opinion interpreting California Labor Code Section 2855, a California law which prevents a court from enforcing specific performance of an exclusive personal services contract (i.e., contracts creating a non-delegable duty on the part of an individual to another party, and no other, to render certain services) beyond the term of seven calendar years from the commencement of service.