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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Healthcare Practitioner Non-Compete Provisions Effective September 1, 2025

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On June 20, 2025, Texas enacted SB 1318, modifying the criteria for enforceable healthcare practitioner non-competes in the Texas Business and Commerce Code. The modifications (1) limit the scope of enforceable physician...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Enacts Massive Reforms to Healthcare Provider Non-Competes

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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

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Legal Alternatives to Breaking a Non-Compete Agreement in Texas

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Many employees feel trapped by non-compete agreements, but there are legal ways to handle these restrictive employment agreements. Before risking legal action by breaking your agreement, consider these alternatives....more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

FTC Appeals Order Striking Down Noncompete Ban

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On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appealed to the Fifth Circuit a Texas federal court’s decision to strike down the FTC’s nationwide noncompete ban. This comes hot on the heels of the FTC’s September 24,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The FTC’s Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements is Dead. Long Live Noncompete Agreements?

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Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Final Rule outlawing nearly all noncompete agreements between employers and employees. That Final Rule, however, was overturned at the end of August 2024....more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Texas Court Strikes Down FTC’s Noncompete Ban Nationwide

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On August 20, 2024, United States District Judge Ada Brown (Northern District of Texas) issued an order that the Federal Trade Commission’s controversial noncompete ban “shall not be enforced or otherwise take effect on...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FTC Noncompete Rule Set Aside by Federal Texas District Court, Will Not Become Effective

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A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) controversial noncompete rule, ruling that it will not become effective on Sept. 4 as previously scheduled and cannot be enforced by the...more

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The FTC’s Noncompete Ban Under Fire: Texas Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction—But a Narrow One

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On July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Brown, J.) granted motions to preliminarily enjoin the Federal Trade Commission from enforcing its noncompete ban against parties...more

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US District Court Enjoins Federal Trade Commission’s Noncompete Rule For The Named Plaintiffs

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On July 3, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision and order enjoining the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its final rule banning most noncompete agreements....more

Sullivan & Worcester

Federal Court Blocks the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban, but Only for Named Plaintiffs

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In a decision that prolongs national uncertainty about the Federal Trade Commission’s non-compete ban, a federal court in Texas has entered a preliminary injunction postponing the effective date of the ban and barring the FTC...more

Brooks Pierce

Federal District Court Grants Plaintiff Employers Early Victory in Legal Battle Against the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

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On Wednesday, July 3, a federal District Court in Texas temporarily halted implementation and enforcement of the FTC’s final rule banning “non-compete clauses” (the “Final Rule”) as to the several employer plaintiffs in the...more

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