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Texas Noncompete Law for Physicians, Healthcare Workers Takes Effect September 2025

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As previously noted, a sweeping change to Texas noncompete law is coming Sept. 1, 2025, reshaping employment agreements for physicians and other healthcare practitioners. ...more

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New Texas Bill Expands Limitations on Non-Competes for Healthcare Employers: What You Can Do to Prepare

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A new law in Texas will cause a seismic shift in the scope and enforceability of non-competes for healthcare professionals. SB1318, which takes effect on September 1, expands protections currently afforded only to physicians...more

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Texas Makes Changes to Requirements for Health Care Provider Noncompetes and Limits Confidentiality Agreements Related to Sexual...

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Noncompete Agreement Changes for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals - Texas has long had a special set of provisions for physicians in the state statute governing covenants not to compete (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Enacts Massive Reforms to Healthcare Provider Non-Competes

Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas will significantly narrow the permissible scope of non-compete agreements with certain healthcare employees. The legislation, Senate Bill 1318 (“SB 1318” codified in Tex. Bus. Com. Code §...more

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Texas Amends Restrictive Covenant Laws for Healthcare Providers

As state legislatures continue to reshape the landscape of restrictive covenants in the wake of federal uncertainty, Texas is one of the latest to amend its existing laws governing non-compete agreements for healthcare...more

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Florida Legislative Session 2025: Health Care Highlights

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The Florida Regular Legislative Session began on March 4, 2025, and ended on June 6, 2025. Below is a summary of health care legislation scheduled to take effect upon becoming law, contingent on constitutional procedure. The...more

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States Continue to Limit Restrictive Covenants for Health Care Professionals

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Following a trend in recent years, state legislatures continue to ban or curtail the use of non-compete provisions and other restrictive covenants in employment agreements with physicians and other healthcare providers. The...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2025 #4

News Briefs - Federal Judge Rejects Nursing Home RN Staffing Mandate - A federal judge has struck down the federal nursing home staffing mandate's demands that a registered nurse be on duty 24/7 every day of the year, as well...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

5 Things to Know About Senate Bill 1318: Navigating New Non-Compete Restrictions for Healthcare Practitioners in Texas

On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1318 (“SB 1318”), which amends Texas Business & Commerce Code Section 15.50(b) to impose new limitations on physician non-competes. SB 1318 also adds a...more

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New Texas Law Will Significantly Reshape Non-Competes in Healthcare: What Employers and Providers Need to Know About SB 1318

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Texas has enacted Senate Bill 1318 (SB 1318), which brings major changes to the state’s noncompete for healthcare professionals. Effective September 1, 2025, the new law extends protections that once applied only to...more

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Lone Star Limitations – Texas Further Narrows the Use of Non-Competes with Medical Professionals

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Texas imposes new limits on non-compete agreements with licensed physicians and health care professionals that takes effect September 1, 2025....more

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Montana, Indiana, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah Amend Restrictive Covenant Laws for Healthcare Providers

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In the wake of the nationwide injunction last year barring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) attempted Noncompete Ban, states have continued to legislate the scope of enforceable restrictive covenants, especially...more

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Colorado Eliminates Noncompete Agreements for Healthcare Workers

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Since the 2022 overhaul of Colorado’s restrictive covenant statute, C.R.S. § 8-2-113, the Colorado legislature has made ongoing amendments to the law which continue the trend of limiting the effectiveness of restrictive...more

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Non-Competes: New Limits for Pennsylvania Health Care Practitioners

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Pennsylvania’s new law, the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the Act) went into effect on January 1, 2025. This law restricts the ability of employers and health care practitioners to enter into non-compete...more

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Massachusetts BORIM Sets Parameters for New Licensing Pathway

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On January 6, 2025, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) published its first update on the recent Massachusetts law creating a new licensing pathway for internationally trained and licensed physicians....more

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California’s Non-Compete Long Arm: What Healthcare Organizations Need to Know After the FTC’s Nationwide Noncompete Ban Gambit Has...

In one of the most highly anticipated court rulings of the summer, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas set aside the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule (“Rule”), which would have effectively banned most...more

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Pennsylvania Limits Noncompete Agreements for Health Care Practitioners

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On July 17, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill (HB) 1633, the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the Act) into law. At a high level, the Act: (1) limits the enforceability of noncompetes...more

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Pennsylvania Enacts Law Banning Certain Non-Compete Agreements with Healthcare Providers

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On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the “Act”), which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an...more

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What Workplace Violence Law Means for Texas Healthcare

Violence in the workplace is something all employers prohibit and try to prevent. Healthcare employers have a tougher time, because the violence often comes from patients. How do you best protect workers while still...more

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Don’t Mess with Texas Nurses: Texas Healthcare Facilities Must Adopt Workplace Violence Prevention Plans by September 1, 2024

Texas has now joined states like California in creating statutory protections against workplace violence against healthcare workers. Senate Bill 240, now Chapter 331 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, requires healthcare...more

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Incoherent (And Therefore Unconstitutional) California Physician Gag Law Repeal Is Now Effective

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In 2022, the California legislature enacted statutory changes ostensibly to limit the spread of misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19 by licensed physicians.  2022 Cal. Stats. ch. 938 (AB 2098)...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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California Passes New Law Raising Minimum Wage for Health Care Workers

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On October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a first-of-its-kind bill related to an industry-wide minimum wage in California. SB 525 impacts the health care industry and sets a minimum wage schedule that...more

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Solving Healthcare Staffing by Fiat: Oregon and Washington Take Different Approaches

More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, many healthcare institutions continue to have difficulty fully staffing all their facilities.  In response, both the Oregon and Washington legislatures enacted new laws...more

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Health Law Diagnosis - Connecticut Expands Nurse Protections Relating to Hospital Nurse Staffing Plans, Scope of Practice, and...

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On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-204, “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2025, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to...more

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