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Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
For employers: non-competes and non-solicitation covenants, departing employees, executive agreements, demand letters and agency charges.
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Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Do Employees Owe a Duty of Loyalty to the Employer in Texas?
Yes, while employed. A Texas employee may plan to compete, but may not solicit the employer's customers, take its confidential information or use its resources before leaving.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Exit Protocols That Protect Confidential Information When Employees Leave
An exit protocol does five things on a schedule: cuts access, recovers property, preserves the record, reminds the employee in writing what still binds them, and pays on time.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Getting, or Fighting, a Temporary Injunction in a Texas Non-Compete Case
A TRO lasts up to 14 days; the temporary injunction follows an evidentiary hearing where the employer must prove a probable right and irreparable injury, and post a bond.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Hiring Someone Bound by a Non-Compete: Risks for the New Employer
The new employer's risk is a tortious interference claim, a trade secret claim and being named in the injunction. All three are manageable if the hire is structured up front.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
How to Enforce a Non-Compete Against a Former Employee in Texas
Confirm the agreement, lock down the evidence, send a targeted letter, then sue for a temporary injunction if the breach continues. The order of the steps matters.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Is My Non-Compete Enforceable in Texas?
Yes, if it was part of an otherwise enforceable agreement and its time, territory and scope are no broader than needed to protect the company. Here is the two-part Texas test.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
My Company Received an EEOC Charge. What Should We Do?
An EEOC charge is a process, not a lawsuit: notice, a mediation offer, the position statement, then dismissal or a cause finding. The position statement matters most.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Non-Competes for Physicians and Other Professionals in Texas
Since September 1, 2025, a Texas physician non-compete must end within one year, stay within five miles and offer a buyout capped at a year's pay. Dentists, nurses and PAs too.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Non-Competes in the Sale of a Business
Yes. A seller's non-compete protects the goodwill the buyer paid for, the burden shifts to the seller, and Texas courts accept longer and wider limits than in employment.