Last week, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a case involving a non-compete agreement between a legal services company in Texas and
Category: Texas Employment Law
How Not to Draft a Non-Competition Agreement – A Lesson for Employers from a Texas Court of Appeals
Earlier this month, the First Texas Court of Appeals found on a summary judgment that a non-competition agreement that covered all of Texas was unenforceable when a company failed to
A 10-Step Guide to Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets
Under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (TUTSA), information is not considered a trade secret unless its owner took “reasonable efforts under circumstances to maintain its secrecy.” So,
Common Misconceptions About Non-Competition Agreements in Texas
A big part of my practice consists of enforcing non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements against the departing employees on behalf of their employers. Conversely, I also advise employees regarding
A Split Among Texas Courts Regarding Whether Current Employers Should be Included in Temporary Injunction Applications
Last month, the Thirteenth Court of Appeals addressed the following issue: must an employer who is enforcing a non-compete agreement against a departed employee add the employee’s
An Employer Cannot Prohibit Its Employees From Discussing “Personnel Issues”
In the last few years, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been declaring unenforceable one confidentiality policy after another, forcing employers to balance their need to