A Texas appellate court recently held that a provision conditioning a physician’s right to receive 50% of accounts receivable on practicing outside a 20-mile radius was not a covenant not to compete. Afzal v. Ramineni offers an important lesson for Texas physicians about the difference between a true non-compete and compensation that can be forfeited when a physician competes.
Employees who receive a cease-and-desist letter or lawsuit from a former employer over a non-compete agreement often assume that because they signed the agreement, they
Executive summary From January 1, 2025 through February 16, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission’s public posture on non-compete agreements (and closely related no-hire/no-poach restraints) was
When people think of non-compete agreements in Texas, they usually picture contracts that say “you can’t work for a competitor.” But employers often use something
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s efforts to ban all non-compete agreements flopped under the Biden administration last year. So, non-compete agreements are still legal. HOWEVER,
By now, you have probably heard that a federal court in Texas stopped the ban on non-compete agreements from going into effect on September 4th.
