We’ve written about non-competes involving firework choreographers, dog groomers, dance instructors, recruiters, executives, and salespeople. The point is they run the gamut. Periodically we will cover some of the more interesting cases out there. Here’s what’s happening: The Florida Tatoo Artist […]
#2: Non-Compete Agreements Are Unenforceable in Texas. Texas courts have been enforcing non-compete agreements for many years and they are specifically authorized by Texas law – Texas Business and Commerce Code Section 15.50. The highlights from that statute: […]
Although it’s nice to have high paid jury consultants and days to ponder potential jurors, the reality is in most jury trials the lawyer is handed a list of potential jurors minutes before they walk in the Courtroom door. It’s […]
#1: Employers can’t enforce non-competes when they terminated the employee. Wrong – Assuming the non-compete satisfies Texas law, it can survive termination or resignation. Most agreements will spell this out in the agreement, some do not. (Now of […]
Texas Tech won its appeal against Mike Leach and his claims for millions of dollars in compensation are gone. The Seventh Court of Appeals, based in Amarillo, recently took up Texas Tech’s claim of sovereign immunity and reversed the trial court, finding […]
Texas businesses routinely use non-compete agreements to protect proprietary information in a variety of industries and occupations. Assuming an employee has executed an enforceable non-compete agreement, what else should Texas employers be doing to enforce these agreements? To begin […]
Illinois lawyer Ken Vanko does a great job on his blog, "Legal Developments in Non-Competition Agreements". His latest entry addresses the reasons a job candidate should negotiate or at least attempt to negotiate their proposed non-compete. A few of the […]
In Texas a non-compete agreement has to be reasonable in time and scope and ancillary to an otherwise enforceable agreement. The latter is difficult to decipher but basically there must be an agreement where the non-compete enforcer has agreed […]
Here is a link to an article discussing some "different" questions asked during interviews this past year. Some favorites: "There are three boxes, one contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. The […]
Let’s face it there is a lot of nastiness out there in cyberspace. For some reason some feel more empowered to say about anything on message boards, social media outlets, and chatrooms. Those statements however can form the basis for […]
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