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Texas Governor Signs Host of Bills Impacting Employment

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Biennially, the Texas Legislature convenes from mid-January to June, to introduce, debate, and pass new laws impacting Texans across the state. Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s deadline to sign pending bills passed on June 22,...more

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Texas Further Restricts Healthcare Non-Compete Agreements

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Texas has taken another significant step in limiting non-compete agreements within the healthcare sector. On June 20, 2025, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1318 (“SB 1318”), which amends and adds new sections to the...more

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Texas Caps Physician Non-Compete Buyouts and Adds New Limits Under SB 1318

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On June 20, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1318 (Amendment) into law, amending Texas Business & Commerce Code Section 15.50(b), which is commonly thought of as the “Texas physician non-compete buyout statute.”...more

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Texas SB 1318 Tightens Physician Non-Compete Rules, Extends Restrictions to Other Healthcare Practitioners

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill that imposes more limitations on employers’ covenants not to compete with physicians and extends similar restrictions to agreements with other healthcare practitioners, including...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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Update: Texas Court Sets Aside U.S. DOL’s Overtime Rule

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Just a few weeks before the anticipated January 1 salary bump under the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)’s 2024 overtime rule (the “Overtime Rule”), a Texas federal court issued a ruling on Friday, November 15, 2024, that set...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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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