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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
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
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
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
As jurisdictions around the country continue to impose limitations—or outright bans—on restrictive covenants, Florida is taking a decidedly different approach....more
2025 has been a busy year for new state legislation on employee restrictive covenant agreements, particularly in the healthcare sector. While several states have pushed forward new legislation restricting employee restrictive...more
July 1 marked the effective date for three new laws that will create new rights for workers and new obligations for employers in Virginia: - Expansion of Non-Compete Ban – Virginia employers are now prohibited from...more
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
As alluded to in our alert regarding nationwide changes in noncompete law, on June 9 the New York State Senate passed Senate Bill S4641 (S4641), which would restrict the use of noncompetes in New York for anyone earning less...more
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
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
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
Two years ago, a bill that would have effectively gutted New York non-compete law made it as far as the Governor’s desk where Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) vetoed it, much to the relief of the New York business community. However,...more
It has been a busy year for health care noncompete legislation. Multiple states have enacted legislation, set to take effect in 2025, banning or limiting noncompete agreements for physicians and other health care workers....more
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
As we close out 2024 and look ahead to 2025, one thing is clear: this has been a year like no other. From a groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling to a pivotal election result that will usher in a new administration, employers...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas blocked the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") rule that would have banned most existing non-compete agreements and prohibited new ones,...more
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has enacted its Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act, which will prohibit employers from enforcing employment noncompete clauses for medical professionals with limited...more
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
Pennsylvania’s new Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act limits the use of certain restrictive covenants between employers and health care workers and imposes heightened patient notice obligations on applicable...more
Pennsylvania is joining the growing chorus of states codifying restrictions on the use of non-competes. On July 17, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners...more
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
On July 17, 2024, Governor Josh Shapiro approved Pennsylvania’s first statute imposing limitations on the use of noncompetes in the state....more
On April 25, 2024, Maryland joined the growing trend of legislatures and governmental agencies restricting the enforceability of non-compete agreements by enacting H.B. No. 1388, which prohibits non-compete agreements for...more
Maryland is following a nationwide trend restricting non-competition agreements for medical professionals. Maryland House Bill (HB) 1388 voids all non-compete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts for...more