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.
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.
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that a special meeting will take place on April 23rd, next Tuesday, during which the commission members will vote
Clients in litigation often ask what happens if the other side destroys relevant emails, documents, or other evidence crucial to proving their wrongdoing. A recent
