Restrictions on Competition in Texas

In Texas, as well as in many parts of the United States, employers often expect their key employees to sign agreements not to compete that take effect once the employee terminates employment and moves on to a new job. Under the right circumstances, Texas courts and laws will favor the protection of a business by enforcing a covenant not to compete even at the risk of making it more difficult for the employee to earn a living. These covenants may be drafted to keep the former employee from soliciting business from a customer he worked with while under the agreement and/or restrict the employee from working altogether in the same type of business as his former employer...

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