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Restrictive covenants

New Texas Law Significantly Limits Restrictive Covenants in Health Care

[07/02/25]

Posted on July 2, 2025 in Health Law News, HR Insights for Health Care

Published by: Hall Render

Not unlike the laws in just about every other U.S. state, Chapter 15 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code has required that non-solicitation and non-compete agreements for all employees be limited to reasonable time, geographic and scope of activity parameters. However, on June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate... READ MORE

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Revisiting Restrictive Covenants While the FTC Non-Compete Process Runs Its Course

[02/09/23]

Posted on February 9, 2023 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

*Updated on April 23, 2024. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced their intent to vote on a final rule that would ban most employers from entering into or enforcing noncompetes against workers and would require employers to rescind existing non-competes. The vote is planned during a special Open Commission Meeting on Tuesday, April... READ MORE

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Are Contractual Non-Disparagement and Proprietary/Confidential Information Clauses Actually Illegal?

[01/11/13]

Posted on January 11, 2013 in HR Insights for Health Care

Written by: Stephen W. Lyman

NLRB Judge Rules That Clauses That Are Too Broad Are Illegal As we have seen in the recent months, the NLRB has been very focused on the rights of employees – union and non-union – to talk about their wages, hours and working conditions whether face-to-face or on Facebook.  A decision by an NLRB administrative law... READ MORE

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No-Compete Agreements – Does Your Applicant Have One?

[08/13/12]

Posted on August 13, 2012 in HR Insights for Health Care

Written by: Turner, Carrie E.

It is common for high level business executives, skilled professionals, physicians and other key employees to enter into employment contracts with their employers.  It is also common for these employment contracts to contain restrictive no-solicitation and no-compete provisions that prohibit these employees from competing with the employer in a defined territory and for a... READ MORE

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