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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
Non-Solicitation of Customers and Employees: Enforceability in Texas
Yes. Texas treats them as restraints of trade under the non-compete statute, enforced when tied to the customers and co-workers the employee actually dealt with.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Overbroad Non-Compete: Will a Texas Court Rewrite It or Throw It Out?
Texas courts rewrite, not discard. Section 15.51(c) requires the court to narrow an overbroad covenant and enforce it, but the employer loses damages for the period before the fix.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Severance Agreements and Releases: Making Them Hold Up
A release holds up when it is knowing and voluntary, paid for with something extra, meets the federal age-waiver rules, and does not try to bar what the law says cannot be waived.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
Texas Payday Law Claims: What Employers Need to Know
The Texas Payday Law governs when wages are due and how a wage claim moves from the TWC examiner to a hearing and to court. The deadlines are short and strict.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
The FTC Non-Compete Ban: Where It Stands and What It Means for Texas Employers
No federal ban is in effect. The FTC's 2024 rule was set aside by a Texas federal court, the FTC abandoned its appeal in 2025 and removed the rule in 2026. Texas law governs.
Employer Disputes & Non-Competes
When a Handbook Becomes a Contract: Policy Disputes in Texas
In Texas a handbook with a clear disclaimer is not a contract, and only an express, specific agreement changes at-will status. Written pay and leave policies are the exception.